Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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Cash price 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.
not published by hospital
Gross charge 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.
$8.50 with Cigna vs $497.08 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $8.50 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $10.25 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $12.75 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $14.25 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $14.54 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $14.68 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $14.82 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $14.82 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $14.82 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $15.84 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $16.13 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $16.13 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $16.60 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $16.60 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $16.60 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $16.77 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $16.77 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $16.77 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $16.77 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $16.77 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $16.77 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $16.77 | — |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $16.77 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $17.11 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $17.11 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $17.11 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $17.11 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $17.24 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $17.94 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $20.66 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $22.64 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $23.65 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $25.49 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $30.11 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $31.70 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $35.34 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $35.34 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $35.34 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $35.76 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $36.70 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $37.26 | — |
| Aetna | National | $38.91 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $41.06 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $41.06 | — |
| Humana | POS | $41.06 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $41.06 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $41.06 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $64.62 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $92.46 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $94.45 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $94.45 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $99.42 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $119.30 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $124.77 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $173.98 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $183.92 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $183.92 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $193.86 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $193.86 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $199.83 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $199.83 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $203.80 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $213.74 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $223.69 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $238.60 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $248.54 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $248.54 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $248.54 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $253.51 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $263.45 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $298.25 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $323.10 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $323.10 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $323.10 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $323.10 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $367.84 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $372.81 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $397.66 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $397.66 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $397.66 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $442.40 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $457.31 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $497.08 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $8.50 – $41.06 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $76.45 | $16.77 – $69.17 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $76.45 | $16.77 – $69.17 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $82.50 | $16.43 – $35.83 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $76.45 | $16.77 – $69.17 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $76.45 | $16.77 – $69.17 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $76.45 | $16.77 – $69.17 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $156.20 | $15.09 – $30.19 |