#aptt mix-1:1 incubated 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

$86.91

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.

$86.91

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.

$11.30 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $86.91 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $11.30 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $16.17 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $16.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $16.51 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $17.38 ↓ -80%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $17.79 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.86 ↓ -76%
Cigna LocalKC $21.44 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $21.81 ↓ -75%
Cigna Comm $26.69 ↓ -69%
United KSMGMCD $29.83 ↓ -66%
Universal Healthcare MCR $30.42 ↓ -65%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $30.43 ↓ -65%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $30.72 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.02 ↓ -64%
Unicare MGMCD $31.02 ↓ -64%
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.02 ↓ -64%
BCBS Traditional $32.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $32.16 ↓ -63%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $33.16 ↓ -62%
BCBS TRICARE $33.75 ↓ -61%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $33.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $33.89 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $33.89 ↓ -61%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $34.74 ↓ -60%
BCBS MCRPPO $34.74 ↓ -60%
BCBS MCRHMO $34.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $34.94 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $34.94 ↓ -60%
United CommunityCareNetwork $35.09 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -60%
Humana MCRHMO $35.09 ↓ -60%
Humana MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -60%
Humana PFFS $35.09 ↓ -60%
Optum Health MCR $35.09 ↓ -60%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $35.09 ↓ -60%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.63 ↓ -59%
Wellcare MCR $35.79 ↓ -59%
United MGMCR $35.79 ↓ -59%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $35.79 ↓ -59%
Celtic MCR $35.79 ↓ -59%
Home State Health Plan MCD $36.09 ↓ -58%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $37.37 ↓ -57%
Pyramid Life MCR $37.55 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.11 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $41.72 ↓ -52%
United MOMGMCD $43.25 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $43.45 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $43.45 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $43.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $44.32 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $46.06 ↓ -47%
Aetna IVLHIX $47.37 ↓ -45%
Aetna KCCarePlus $49.48 ↓ -43%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $52.15 ↓ -40%
Oscar HIX $53.34 ↓ -39%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $55.10 ↓ -37%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $55.10 ↓ -37%
BCBS BlueAccess $55.10 ↓ -37%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $56.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $56.49 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $56.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $56.49 ↓ -35%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $62.30 ↓ -28%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $64.31 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $65.18 ↓ -25%
Aetna Local $66.32 ↓ -24%
Humana EPO $68.85 ↓ -21%
Humana ASO $68.85 ↓ -21%
Humana HMO $68.85 ↓ -21%
Humana PPO $68.85 ↓ -21%
Humana POS $68.85 ↓ -21%
CCO, Inc. COMM $69.53 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $69.53 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $69.53 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $73.98 ↓ -15%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $75.92 ↓ -13%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $77.09 ↓ -11%
Optum Health COMM $77.35 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $79.96 ↓ -8%
Aetna National $81.41 ↓ -6%
Optum Health MCD $86.91 ↑ +0%

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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $17.79 – $77.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $539.55 $34.39 – $74.96
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $124.80 $29.83 – $48.63
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $134.55 $35.09 – $49.71
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $141.05 $29.83 – $129.94
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $347.75 $31.58 – $126.04
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $181.35 $26.74 – $205.35
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $182.60 $35.09 – $68.23

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →