Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$1,156.01

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.

$1,156.01

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.

$8.34 with Cigna vs $1,156.01 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 $8.34 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $10.05 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $12.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.54 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $15.82 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $15.82 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.29 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.29 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.29 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $16.45 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $16.45 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $16.45 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $16.45 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $16.45 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $16.45 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.45 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $16.45 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.78 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $16.78 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $16.78 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $16.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $16.78 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.94 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $17.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.11 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.11 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $17.60 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $22.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.19 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $23.85 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $25.00 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $29.07 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $31.09 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $34.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $34.69 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $35.43 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $35.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $38.16 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $150.28 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $215.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $219.64 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $219.64 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $231.20 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $277.44 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $290.16 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $404.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $427.72 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $427.72 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $450.84 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $450.84 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $464.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $464.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $473.96 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $497.08 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $520.20 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $554.88 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $578.00 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $578.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $578.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $589.57 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $612.69 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $693.61 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $751.41 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $751.41 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $751.41 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $751.41 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $855.45 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $867.01 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $924.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $924.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $924.81 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,028.85 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,063.53 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,156.01 ↑ +0%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $576.00 $8.34 – $40.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $122.10 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $122.10 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $193.05 $16.12 – $35.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $122.10 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $122.10 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $122.10 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $102.30 $14.81 – $29.61

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