Alkaline phosphatase 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.

$2.63 with Cigna vs $435.02 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 $2.63
Cigna LocalKC $3.17
Cigna Comm $3.94
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.98
BCBS TRICARE $4.98
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.13
BCBS MCRPPO $5.13
BCBS MCRHMO $5.13
Optum Health MCR $5.18
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.18
Humana MCRHMO $5.18
Humana MCRPPO $5.18
Humana PFFS $5.18
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.18
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.18
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18
United KSMGMCD $5.18
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.28
Celtic MCR $5.28
United MGMCR $5.28
Wellcare MCR $5.28
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.28
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.34
Unicare MGMCD $5.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.39
Pyramid Life MCR $5.54
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.27
Aetna IVLHIX $6.99
Aetna KCCarePlus $7.30
United MOMGMCD $7.51
Oscar HIX $7.87
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.34
Aetna Local $9.79
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.91
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.91
BCBS BlueAccess $10.91
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.10
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $11.39
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $11.56
Aetna National $12.02
Humana PPO $12.66
Humana ASO $12.66
Humana POS $12.66
Humana HMO $12.66
Humana EPO $12.66
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $56.55
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $80.91
NHC Advantage MGMCR $82.65
NHC Advantage MGMCD $82.65
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $87.00
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $104.40
United OptionsPPO $109.19
Universal Healthcare MCR $152.26
BCBS Traditional $160.96
BCBS Participating $160.96
BCBS FreedomNetwork $169.66
BCBS PC $169.66
Coventry WCOMP $174.88
Aetna FHMedicalRental $174.88
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $178.36
College Park Family Care Center COMM $187.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $195.76
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $208.81
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $217.51
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $217.51
Cigna LifeSource COMM $217.51
Aetna NATIONALNAP $221.86
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $230.56
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $261.01
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $282.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $282.76
CorVel Corporation MOWC $282.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $282.76
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $321.91
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $326.26
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $348.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $348.02
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $348.02
Optum Health COMM $387.17
Optum Transplant COMM $400.22
Optum Health MCD $435.02

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Alkaline phosphatase at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.63 – $12.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $68.75 $5.18 – $21.34
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $68.75 $5.18 – $21.34
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $33.00 $5.08 – $11.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $68.75 $5.18 – $21.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $68.75 $5.18 – $21.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $68.75 $5.18 – $21.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $34.10 $4.66 – $9.32

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