Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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

$310.94

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.

$310.94

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.

$2.93 with Cigna vs $310.94 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 $2.93 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $3.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $4.40 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $5.25 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.36 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.46 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.46 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $5.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.46 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $5.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $5.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.72 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.72 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $5.78 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.78 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.90 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $5.90 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $5.90 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $5.90 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $6.18 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.35 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $7.04 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $7.04 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $7.04 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $7.04 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $7.04 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $7.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $7.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $8.15 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $8.79 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $10.92 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.19 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.19 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $12.19 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $12.33 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $12.66 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $12.85 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $13.40 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $40.42 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $57.83 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $59.08 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $59.08 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $62.19 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $74.63 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $78.05 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $108.83 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $115.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $115.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $121.27 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $121.27 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $125.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $125.00 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $127.49 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $133.70 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $139.92 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $149.25 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $155.47 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $155.47 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $155.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $158.58 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $164.80 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $186.56 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $202.11 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $202.11 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $202.11 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $202.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $230.10 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $233.21 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $248.75 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $248.75 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $248.75 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $276.74 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $286.06 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $310.94 ↑ +0%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $153.25 $2.93 – $12.85
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $24.20 $5.78 – $23.85
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $24.20 $5.78 – $23.85
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $33.00 $5.66 – $12.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $24.20 $5.78 – $23.85
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $24.20 $5.78 – $23.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $24.20 $5.78 – $23.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $38.50 $5.20 – $10.40

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