X-ray slg plne bdy sect without urogr 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.

$59.96 with United vs $6,605.56 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
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.55
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $78.20
Aetna IVLHIX $80.64
Aetna KCCarePlus $84.22
United MOMGMCD $86.94
CorVel Corporation KSWC $92.86
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $95.31
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $96.77
Aetna Local $112.89
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Aetna National $138.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $144.06
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $144.06
BCBS BlueAccess $144.06
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Humana HMO $166.77
Humana EPO $166.77
Humana ASO $166.77
Cigna Comm $181.48
Humana POS $215.28
Humana PPO $215.28
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $858.72
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,228.63
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,255.06
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,255.06
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,321.11
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,585.33
United OptionsPPO $1,658.00
Universal Healthcare MCR $2,311.95
BCBS Participating $2,444.06
BCBS Traditional $2,444.06
BCBS PC $2,576.17
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,576.17
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,655.44
Coventry WCOMP $2,655.44
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,708.28
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,840.39
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,972.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $3,170.67
Cigna LifeSource COMM $3,302.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,302.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3,302.78
Aetna NATIONALNAP $3,368.84
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,500.95
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3,963.34
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $4,293.61
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,293.61
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $4,293.61
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $4,293.61
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,888.11
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,954.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,954.17
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,284.45
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $5,284.45
CCO, Inc. COMM $5,284.45
Optum Health COMM $5,878.95
Optum Transplant COMM $6,077.12
Optum Health MCD $6,605.56

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X-ray slg plne bdy sect without urogr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $61.16 – $166.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $339.90 $60.59 – $183.31
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $339.90 $60.59 – $183.31
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $398.75 $69.57 – $147.12
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $339.90 $60.59 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $339.90 $60.59 – $183.31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $339.90 $60.59 – $183.31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $747.78 $104.14 – $188.49

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