Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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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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.

$6.53 with Cigna vs $111.06 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 $6.53
Cigna LocalKC $7.87
Cigna Comm $9.79
United KSMGMCD $10.95
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.17
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.28
Unicare MGMCD $11.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.39
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.17
BCBS TRICARE $12.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $12.39
BCBS MCRHMO $12.75
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $12.75
BCBS MCRPPO $12.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.88
Optum Health MCR $12.88
Optum Transplants OONMCR $12.88
Humana PFFS $12.88
Humana MCRPPO $12.88
United CommunityCareNetwork $12.88
United AllPayerAppendix $12.88
Humana MCRHMO $12.88
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $13.14
Celtic MCR $13.14
United MGMCR $13.14
Wellcare MCR $13.14
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.25
Pyramid Life MCR $13.78
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $14.44
United MOMGMCD $15.88
Aetna IVLHIX $17.39
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.16
Oscar HIX $19.58
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $20.66
NHC Advantage MGMCR $21.10
NHC Advantage MGMCD $21.10
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $22.21
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $22.84
Aetna Local $24.34
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $26.65
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.12
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.14
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.14
BCBS BlueAccess $27.14
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $27.84
United OptionsPPO $27.88
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.26
Aetna National $29.88
Humana HMO $31.53
Humana POS $31.53
Humana EPO $31.53
Humana ASO $31.53
Humana PPO $31.53
Universal Healthcare MCR $38.87
BCBS Participating $41.09
BCBS Traditional $41.09
BCBS FreedomNetwork $43.31
BCBS PC $43.31
Aetna FHMedicalRental $44.65
Coventry WCOMP $44.65
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $45.53
College Park Family Care Center COMM $47.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $49.98
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $53.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $55.53
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $55.53
Cigna LifeSource COMM $55.53
Aetna NATIONALNAP $56.64
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $58.86
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $66.64
CorVel Corporation MOWC $72.19
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $72.19
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $72.19
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $72.19
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $82.18
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $83.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $88.85
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $88.85
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $88.85
Optum Health COMM $98.84
Optum Transplant COMM $102.18
Optum Health MCD $111.06

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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.53 – $31.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $116.05 $12.88 – $53.11
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $116.05 $12.88 – $53.11
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $128.15 $12.62 – $27.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $116.05 $12.88 – $53.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $116.05 $12.88 – $53.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $116.05 $12.88 – $53.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $140.25 $11.59 – $23.18

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