X-ray humerus >= 2 views left 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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Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$26.84 with Multiplan vs $1,891.85 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 $26.84
CorVel Corporation KSWC $31.87
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $32.71
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $33.21
Aetna IVLHIX $37.26
BCBS BlueAccess $37.32
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.32
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.32
Humana ASO $37.50
Humana EPO $37.50
Humana HMO $37.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $38.91
Humana PPO $48.41
Humana POS $48.41
United KSMGMCD $48.74
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.71
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.20
Unicare MGMCD $50.69
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.69
Aetna Local $52.16
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.98
Aetna National $64.03
United MOMGMCD $70.67
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Cigna Comm $150.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $245.94
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $351.88
NHC Advantage MGMCD $359.45
NHC Advantage MGMCR $359.45
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $378.37
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $454.04
United OptionsPPO $474.85
Universal Healthcare MCR $662.15
BCBS Participating $699.98
BCBS Traditional $699.98
BCBS PC $737.82
BCBS FreedomNetwork $737.82
Coventry WCOMP $760.52
Aetna FHMedicalRental $760.52
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $775.66
College Park Family Care Center COMM $813.50
United GlobalBenefitPlan $851.33
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $908.09
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $945.92
Cigna LifeSource COMM $945.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $945.92
Aetna NATIONALNAP $964.84
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,002.68
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,135.11
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,229.70
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,229.70
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,229.70
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,229.70
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,399.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1,418.89
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,418.89
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,513.48
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,513.48
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,513.48
Optum Health COMM $1,683.75
Optum Transplant COMM $1,740.50
Optum Health MCD $1,891.85

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X-ray humerus >= 2 views left at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $26.84 – $100.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $196.90 $17.59 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $196.90 $17.59 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $214.50 $20.19 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $196.90 $17.59 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $196.90 $17.59 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $196.90 $17.59 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $270.60 $34.74 – $156.90

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