#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$608.15

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.

$608.15

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.

$8.56 with Cigna vs $608.15 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 $8.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $10.31 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $12.83 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.94 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.23 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $16.23 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.70 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $16.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $16.87 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $16.87 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $16.87 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $16.87 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $16.87 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.21 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $17.21 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $17.21 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $17.21 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $17.21 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $17.38 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $17.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.54 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.54 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $18.05 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.41 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $22.77 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.78 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $24.46 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $25.64 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $31.88 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $35.53 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $35.53 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $35.53 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.76 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.70 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.26 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $39.13 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $41.28 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $41.28 ↓ -93%
Humana POS $41.28 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $41.28 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $41.28 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $79.06 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $113.12 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $115.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $115.55 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $121.63 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $145.96 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $152.65 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $212.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $225.02 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $225.02 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $237.18 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $237.18 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $244.48 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $244.48 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $249.34 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $261.50 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $273.67 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $291.91 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $304.07 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $304.07 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $304.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $310.16 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $322.32 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $364.89 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $395.30 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $395.30 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $395.30 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $395.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $450.03 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $456.11 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $486.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $486.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $486.52 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $541.25 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $559.50 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $608.15 ↑ +0%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $8.56 – $41.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $105.60 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $105.60 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $119.35 $16.53 – $36.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $105.60 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $105.60 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $105.60 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $210.65 $15.18 – $30.37

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