X-ray mandible complete > 4 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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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.

$32.86 with Multiplan vs $3,201.66 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 $32.86
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.02
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.04
Aetna IVLHIX $40.31
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $40.66
Aetna KCCarePlus $42.11
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $49.12
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $49.12
BCBS BlueAccess $49.12
Humana EPO $49.77
Humana ASO $49.77
Humana HMO $49.77
Aetna Local $56.44
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 $64.25
Humana POS $64.25
Aetna National $69.28
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
United MOMGMCD $86.94
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 $416.22
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $595.51
NHC Advantage MGMCD $608.32
NHC Advantage MGMCR $608.32
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $640.33
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $768.40
United OptionsPPO $803.62
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,120.58
BCBS Participating $1,184.61
BCBS Traditional $1,184.61
BCBS PC $1,248.65
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,248.65
Coventry WCOMP $1,287.07
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,287.07
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,312.68
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,376.71
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,440.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,536.80
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,600.83
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,600.83
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,600.83
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,632.85
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,696.88
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,921.00
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,081.08
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,081.08
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,081.08
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,081.08
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,369.23
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,401.24
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,401.24
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,561.33
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,561.33
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,561.33
Optum Health COMM $2,849.48
Optum Transplant COMM $2,945.53
Optum Health MCD $3,201.66

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X-ray mandible complete > 4 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $32.86 – $121.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $308.55 $25.12 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $308.55 $25.12 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $448.80 $28.84 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $308.55 $25.12 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $308.55 $25.12 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $308.55 $25.12 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $378.84 $46.28 – $188.49

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