#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab 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

$285.03

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.

$285.03

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.

$6.09 with Cigna vs $285.03 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 $6.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $7.34 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $9.14 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $10.21 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.41 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $10.52 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.62 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.62 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $10.62 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS TRICARE $11.55 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.89 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.89 ↓ -96%
Optum Health MCR $12.01 ↓ -96%
Humana PFFS $12.01 ↓ -96%
Humana MCRPPO $12.01 ↓ -96%
Humana MCRHMO $12.01 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.01 ↓ -96%
United CommunityCareNetwork $12.01 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.01 ↓ -96%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $12.01 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $12.25 ↓ -96%
Celtic MCR $12.25 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $12.25 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $12.25 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $12.35 ↓ -96%
Pyramid Life MCR $12.85 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $14.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna IVLHIX $16.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.93 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $18.26 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $21.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna Local $22.70 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $25.27 ↓ -91%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAccess $25.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.29 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $25.94 ↓ -91%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $26.33 ↓ -91%
Aetna National $27.86 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $29.39 ↓ -90%
Humana ASO $29.39 ↓ -90%
Humana POS $29.39 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $29.39 ↓ -90%
Humana EPO $29.39 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $37.05 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $53.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $54.16 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $54.16 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $57.01 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $68.41 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $71.54 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $99.76 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $105.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $105.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $111.16 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $111.16 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $114.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $114.58 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $116.86 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $122.56 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $128.26 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $136.81 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $142.51 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $142.51 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $142.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $145.37 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $151.07 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $171.02 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $185.27 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $185.27 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $185.27 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $185.27 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $210.92 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $213.77 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $228.02 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $228.02 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $228.02 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $253.68 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $262.23 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $285.03 ↑ +0%

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#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.09 – $29.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $52.25 $12.01 – $49.50
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $52.25 $12.01 – $49.50
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $139.70 $11.77 – $25.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $52.25 $12.01 – $49.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $52.25 $12.01 – $49.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $52.25 $12.01 – $49.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $19.80 $10.81 – $21.62

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