Antibody 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.

$7.80 with United vs $37.10 with Aetna — 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
United KSMGMCD $7.80
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.96
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.03
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $8.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.11
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.11
Unicare MGMCD $8.11
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.44
Cigna LocalKC $9.77
United MOMGMCD $11.31
Cigna Comm $12.16
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $15.38
BCBS TRICARE $15.38
BCBS MCRPPO $15.83
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $15.83
BCBS MCRHMO $15.83
Optum Transplants OONMCR $15.99
United AllPayerAppendix $15.99
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.99
United CommunityCareNetwork $15.99
Humana PFFS $15.99
Humana MCRPPO $15.99
Humana MCRHMO $15.99
Optum Health MCR $15.99
Wellcare MCR $16.31
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $16.31
United MGMCR $16.31
Celtic MCR $16.31
Pyramid Life MCR $17.11
Aetna IVLHIX $21.59
Aetna KCCarePlus $22.55
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $23.36
Oscar HIX $24.30
BCBS BlueAccess $25.82
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.82
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.82
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.74
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $28.47
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.91
Aetna Local $30.22
Humana ASO $32.28
Humana POS $32.28
Humana HMO $32.28
Humana EPO $32.28
Humana PPO $32.28
Aetna National $37.10

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Antibody at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.96 – $32.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $15.99 – $54.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $15.99 – $54.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $15.67 – $28.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $15.99 – $54.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $15.99 – $54.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $15.99 – $54.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $14.39 – $28.78

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