X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$36.55 with Multiplan vs $2,901.28 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $36.55
CorVel Corporation KSWC $43.41
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $44.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $45.23
Aetna IVLHIX $50.69
Aetna KCCarePlus $52.95
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $53.83
BCBS BlueAccess $53.83
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $53.83
Humana ASO $54.66
Humana EPO $54.66
Humana HMO $54.66
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Humana PPO $70.56
Humana POS $70.56
Aetna Local $70.97
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
United MOMGMCD $86.94
Aetna National $87.12
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $377.17
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $539.64
NHC Advantage MGMCD $551.24
NHC Advantage MGMCR $551.24
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $580.26
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $696.31
United OptionsPPO $728.22
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,015.45
BCBS Participating $1,073.47
BCBS Traditional $1,073.47
BCBS PC $1,131.50
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,131.50
Coventry WCOMP $1,166.31
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,166.31
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,189.52
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,247.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,305.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,392.61
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,450.64
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,450.64
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,450.64
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,479.65
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,537.68
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,740.77
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,885.83
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,885.83
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,885.83
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,885.83
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,146.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,175.96
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,175.96
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,321.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,321.02
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,321.02
Optum Health COMM $2,582.14
Optum Transplant COMM $2,669.18
Optum Health MCD $2,901.28

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X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $36.55 – $121.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $327.80 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $327.80 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $437.25 $32.12 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $327.80 $27.98 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $327.80 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $327.80 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $409.86 $50.69 – $188.49

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