X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 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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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.

$32.39 with Multiplan vs $3,415.95 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 $32.39
CorVel Corporation KSWC $38.47
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $39.48
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $40.09
Aetna IVLHIX $45.81
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $47.36
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $47.36
BCBS BlueAccess $47.36
Aetna KCCarePlus $47.84
Humana EPO $48.53
Humana ASO $48.53
Humana HMO $48.53
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
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.98
Humana PPO $62.65
Humana POS $62.65
Aetna Local $64.13
United MOMGMCD $70.67
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $71.77
Aetna National $78.72
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $100.81
Cigna LocalKC $120.17
Cigna Comm $150.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $444.07
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $635.37
NHC Advantage MGMCD $649.03
NHC Advantage MGMCR $649.03
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $683.19
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $819.83
United OptionsPPO $857.40
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,195.58
BCBS Participating $1,263.90
BCBS Traditional $1,263.90
BCBS PC $1,332.22
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,332.22
Coventry WCOMP $1,373.21
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,373.21
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,400.54
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,468.86
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,537.18
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,639.66
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,707.97
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,707.97
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,707.97
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,742.13
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,810.45
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,049.57
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,220.37
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,220.37
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,220.37
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,220.37
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,527.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,561.96
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,561.96
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,732.76
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,732.76
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,732.76
Optum Health COMM $3,040.20
Optum Transplant COMM $3,142.67
Optum Health MCD $3,415.95

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $32.39 – $100.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $282.70 $24.39 – $104.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $282.70 $24.39 – $104.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $123.20 $28.01 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $282.70 $24.39 – $161.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $282.70 $24.39 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $282.70 $24.39 – $104.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $308.88 $44.63 – $156.90

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