Assay acid phosphatase 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

$242.73

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.

$242.73

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.

$3.88 with Cigna vs $242.73 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 $3.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $4.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $5.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.22 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $7.35 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $7.56 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $7.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.64 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $7.64 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $7.64 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $7.64 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $7.64 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $7.64 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.64 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $7.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $7.79 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $7.79 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $7.79 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $8.74 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.91 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.00 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.09 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $9.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $10.31 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $10.58 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $10.77 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $11.61 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $12.67 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $12.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $14.44 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $15.41 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $15.55 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $15.55 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $15.55 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $15.81 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.06 ↓ -93%
Aetna National $17.73 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $18.07 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $18.07 ↓ -93%
Humana POS $18.07 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $18.07 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $18.07 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $31.55 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $45.15 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $46.12 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $46.12 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $48.55 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $58.26 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $60.93 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $84.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $89.81 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $89.81 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $94.66 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $94.66 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $97.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $97.58 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $99.52 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $104.37 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $109.23 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $116.51 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $121.36 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $121.36 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $121.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $123.79 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $128.65 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $145.64 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $157.77 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $157.77 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $157.77 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $157.77 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $179.62 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $182.05 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $194.18 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $194.18 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $194.18 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $216.03 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $223.31 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $242.73 ↑ +0%

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Assay acid phosphatase at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $119.50 $3.88 – $18.07
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $75.35 $7.64 – $30.46
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $75.35 $7.64 – $30.46
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $127.05 $7.49 – $15.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $75.35 $7.64 – $30.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $75.35 $7.64 – $30.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $75.35 $7.64 – $30.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $44.55 $6.88 – $13.75

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