Antibody screen rbc 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

$352.21

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.

$352.21

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.

$4.95 with Cigna vs $352.21 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 $4.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.97 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $7.43 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $8.30 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.47 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.63 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.63 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $8.63 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.67 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.67 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $9.77 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $9.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $9.77 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $9.77 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $9.77 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $9.77 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.77 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $9.97 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $9.97 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $9.97 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.97 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $10.04 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.45 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $12.04 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $13.19 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.78 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.02 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $14.85 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.64 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.08 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $18.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $20.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $20.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $20.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $22.67 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $27.60 ↓ -92%
Humana ASO $27.60 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $27.60 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $27.60 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $27.60 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $45.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.29 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $65.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $66.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $66.92 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $70.44 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $84.53 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $88.40 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $123.27 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $130.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $130.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $137.36 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $137.36 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $141.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $141.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $144.41 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $151.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $158.49 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $169.06 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $176.10 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $176.10 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $176.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $179.63 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $186.67 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $211.33 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $228.94 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $228.94 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $228.94 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $228.94 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $260.64 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $264.16 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $264.16 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $281.77 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $281.77 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $281.77 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $313.47 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $324.03 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $352.21 ↑ +0%

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Antibody screen rbc at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $4.95 – $27.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $84.70 $5.44 – $62.63
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $84.70 $5.44 – $62.63
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $181.50 $6.25 – $62.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $84.70 $5.44 – $32.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $84.70 $5.44 – $62.63
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $84.70 $5.44 – $62.63
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $63.80 $8.79 – $93.95

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