Acth stimulation panel 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

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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.

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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.

$39.68 with Cigna vs $191.53 with Humana — 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 $39.68
Cigna LocalKC $47.82
United KSMGMCD $50.15
HealthyBlue MGMCD $51.15
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $51.65
Aetna Better Health MCD $52.16
Unicare MGMCD $52.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $52.16
Cigna Comm $59.52
Home State Health Plan MCD $60.68
United MOMGMCD $72.72
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $73.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $75.27
BCBS TRICARE $75.27
BCBS MCRHMO $77.48
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $77.48
BCBS MCRPPO $77.48
Optum Transplants OONMCR $78.26
United AllPayerAppendix $78.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $78.26
United CommunityCareNetwork $78.26
Humana PFFS $78.26
Humana MCRPPO $78.26
Humana MCRHMO $78.26
Optum Health MCR $78.26
Wellcare MCR $79.83
Celtic MCR $79.83
United MGMCR $79.83
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $79.83
Pyramid Life MCR $83.74
Aetna IVLHIX $105.65
Aetna KCCarePlus $110.35
Oscar HIX $118.96
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $139.13
Aetna Local $147.91
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $153.26
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $153.26
BCBS BlueAccess $153.26
CorVel Corporation KSWC $165.21
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $169.56
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $172.17
Aetna National $181.56
Humana ASO $191.53
Humana POS $191.53
Humana HMO $191.53
Humana EPO $191.53
Humana PPO $191.53

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Acth stimulation panel at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $39.68 – $191.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $78.26 – $322.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $78.26 – $322.71
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $76.69 – $167.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $78.26 – $322.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $78.26 – $322.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $78.26 – $322.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $70.43 – $140.87

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