Acetone qualitative 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

$130.63

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.

$130.63

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.

$2.29 with Cigna vs $130.63 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 $2.29 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $2.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $3.44 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $3.84 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.92 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.96 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.99 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.99 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $3.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $4.35 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.47 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $4.47 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.47 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $4.52 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $4.52 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $4.52 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.52 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $4.52 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $4.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $4.61 ↓ -96%
Celtic MCR $4.61 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $4.61 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.65 ↓ -96%
Pyramid Life MCR $4.84 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $5.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $6.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.37 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $6.87 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $8.54 ↓ -93%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $8.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $8.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $8.84 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $9.86 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.12 ↓ -92%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna National $10.48 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $11.06 ↓ -92%
Humana ASO $11.06 ↓ -92%
Humana POS $11.06 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $11.06 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $11.06 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $16.98 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $24.30 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $24.82 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $24.82 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $26.13 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $31.35 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $32.79 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $45.72 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $48.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $48.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $50.95 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $50.95 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $52.51 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $52.51 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $53.56 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $56.17 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.78 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $62.70 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $65.31 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $65.31 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $65.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $66.62 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $69.23 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $78.38 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $84.91 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $84.91 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $84.91 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $84.91 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $96.67 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $97.97 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $104.50 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $104.50 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $104.50 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $116.26 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $120.18 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $130.63 ↑ +0%

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Acetone qualitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $66.25 $2.29 – $11.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $45.65 $4.52 – $18.64
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $45.65 $4.52 – $18.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $45.65 $4.52 – $18.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $45.65 $4.52 – $18.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $45.65 $4.52 – $18.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $54.45 $4.07 – $8.14
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $48.75 $3.84 – $7.46

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