88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$133.80

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.

$133.80

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.

$9.63 with Cigna vs $133.80 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.63 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalKC $11.60 ↓ -91%
Cigna Comm $14.44 ↓ -89%
United KSMGMCD $14.52 ↓ -89%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $14.81 ↓ -89%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $14.96 ↓ -89%
Unicare MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.10 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $17.39 ↓ -87%
Home State Health Plan MCD $17.57 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.19 ↓ -86%
United MOMGMCD $21.05 ↓ -84%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $23.36 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $24.89 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $25.42 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $25.42 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $25.42 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $26.76 ↓ -80%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.74 ↓ -79%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $28.47 ↓ -79%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.91 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $29.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $29.44 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $32.11 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $33.58 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $37.51 ↓ -72%
Humana ASO $37.51 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $37.51 ↓ -72%
Humana EPO $37.51 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $37.51 ↓ -72%
Aetna IVLHIX $40.94 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $44.02 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $46.83 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $49.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $49.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $52.18 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $52.18 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $52.58 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $53.79 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $53.79 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $54.86 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $57.53 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRPPO $60.21 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $60.21 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $60.21 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $64.22 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $64.36 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $66.90 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $66.90 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $66.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $68.24 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $70.91 ↓ -47%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $74.99 ↓ -44%
BCBS BlueAccess $74.99 ↓ -44%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $74.99 ↓ -44%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $80.28 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $86.97 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $86.97 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $86.97 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $86.97 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $99.01 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $100.35 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $100.35 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $107.04 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $107.04 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $107.04 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $119.08 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $123.10 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $133.80 ↑ +0%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.63 – $74.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $39.05 $19.19 – $51.90
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $39.05 $19.19 – $51.90
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $129.25 $19.19 – $33.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $39.05 $19.19 – $51.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $39.05 $19.19 – $51.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $39.05 $19.19 – $51.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $143.00 $17.27 – $44.08

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