Acetaminophen level 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

$604.78

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.

$604.78

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.

$9.45 with Cigna vs $604.78 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 $9.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $11.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $14.18 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $15.84 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.16 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.47 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.47 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $16.47 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.62 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $17.93 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.45 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.45 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $18.64 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $18.64 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $18.64 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $18.64 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.64 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $18.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.64 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $18.64 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $19.01 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $19.01 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $19.01 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $19.01 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.17 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.94 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $22.97 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $25.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $26.28 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $28.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $35.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $43.25 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $78.62 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $112.49 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $114.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $114.91 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $120.96 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $127.61 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $127.61 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $127.61 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $145.15 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $151.80 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $160.27 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $160.27 ↓ -73%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $181.43 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $181.43 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $181.43 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $211.67 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $223.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $223.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $235.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $235.86 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $243.12 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $243.12 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $247.96 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $260.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $272.15 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $290.29 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $302.39 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $302.39 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $302.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $308.44 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $320.53 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $362.87 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $393.11 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $393.11 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $393.11 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $393.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $447.54 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $453.58 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $483.82 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $483.82 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $483.82 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $483.82 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $538.25 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $556.40 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $604.78 ↑ +0%

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Acetaminophen level at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.45 – $28.33
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $139.10 $15.84 – $25.84
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $146.90 $18.64 – $25.84
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $133.25 $15.84 – $69.02
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $162.50 $16.78 – $66.95
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $158.60 $16.78 – $65.24
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $207.35 $8.45 – $35.79
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $575.66 $9.45 – $28.33

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