5/100
#2,520 nationally
Research Medical Center
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64132 · (816) 276-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Research Medical Center billed $12.00 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 12.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #58
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
145 | $191,475 | $20,019 | +193% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $48,333 | $2,357 | +149% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $319,423 | $20,690 | +141% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $128,469 | $13,859 | +196% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $28,552 | $1,662 | +143% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $32,015 | $1,400 | +218% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $47,205 | $2,850 | +87% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $527,709 | $51,327 | +197% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $62,661 | $2,784 | +228% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $343,148 | $26,754 | +175% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$210,199 | $17,198 | +362% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,215 | $1,686 | +307% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$112,546 | $11,220 | +278% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$106,704 | $12,844 | +249% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$204,824 | $6,801 | +246% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$101,132 | $4,344 | +237% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$271,613 | $17,423 | +237% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,756 | $3,022 | +234% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$263,603 | $33,708 | +60% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$248,041 | $28,774 | +65% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$250,736 | $30,100 | +73% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,205 | $2,850 | +87% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,705 | $11,480 | +93% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$65,425 | $9,438 | +94% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$152,227 | $18,572 | +94% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$219,094 | $23,284 | +95% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.