Amylase 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.

$3.28 with Cigna vs $170.81 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 $3.28
Cigna LocalKC $3.96
Cigna Comm $4.93
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.23
BCBS TRICARE $6.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.42
BCBS MCRPPO $6.42
BCBS MCRHMO $6.42
Optum Health MCR $6.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.48
Humana MCRHMO $6.48
Humana MCRPPO $6.48
Humana PFFS $6.48
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.48
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.48
United AllPayerAppendix $6.48
United KSMGMCD $6.48
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.61
Celtic MCR $6.61
United MGMCR $6.61
Wellcare MCR $6.61
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.61
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.67
Unicare MGMCD $6.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.74
Pyramid Life MCR $6.93
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.84
Aetna IVLHIX $8.75
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.14
United MOMGMCD $9.40
Oscar HIX $9.85
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.42
Aetna Local $12.25
CorVel Corporation KSWC $13.57
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.66
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.66
BCBS BlueAccess $13.66
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $13.92
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.14
Aetna National $15.04
Humana PPO $15.86
Humana ASO $15.86
Humana POS $15.86
Humana HMO $15.86
Humana EPO $15.86
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $22.21
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $31.77
NHC Advantage MGMCR $32.45
NHC Advantage MGMCD $32.45
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $34.16
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $40.99
United OptionsPPO $42.87
Universal Healthcare MCR $59.78
BCBS Traditional $63.20
BCBS Participating $63.20
BCBS FreedomNetwork $66.62
BCBS PC $66.62
Coventry WCOMP $68.67
Aetna FHMedicalRental $68.67
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $70.03
College Park Family Care Center COMM $73.45
United GlobalBenefitPlan $76.86
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $81.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $85.41
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $85.41
Cigna LifeSource COMM $85.41
Aetna NATIONALNAP $87.11
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $90.53
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $102.49
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $111.03
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $111.03
CorVel Corporation MOWC $111.03
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $111.03
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $126.40
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $128.11
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $136.65
CCO, Inc. COMM $136.65
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $136.65
Optum Health COMM $152.02
Optum Transplant COMM $157.15
Optum Health MCD $170.81

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Amylase at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.28 – $15.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $77.55 $6.48 – $26.72
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $77.55 $6.48 – $26.72
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $124.30 $6.35 – $13.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $77.55 $6.48 – $26.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $77.55 $6.48 – $26.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $77.55 $6.48 – $26.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $112.20 $5.83 – $11.66

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