Assay malate dehydrogenase 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.

$3.74 with Cigna vs $18.03 with Humana — 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 $3.74
Cigna LocalKC $4.50
Cigna Comm $5.60
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.96
BCBS TRICARE $7.09
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.09
BCBS MCRPPO $7.30
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.30
BCBS MCRHMO $7.30
United KSMGMCD $7.37
United AllPayerAppendix $7.37
Humana PFFS $7.37
Humana MCRPPO $7.37
Optum Health MCR $7.37
Optum Transplants OONMCR $7.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.37
Humana MCRHMO $7.37
United CommunityCareNetwork $7.37
United MGMCR $7.52
Wellcare MCR $7.52
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $7.52
Celtic MCR $7.52
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.52
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.59
Unicare MGMCD $7.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.66
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.66
Pyramid Life MCR $7.89
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.92
Aetna IVLHIX $9.95
Aetna KCCarePlus $10.39
United MOMGMCD $10.69
Oscar HIX $11.20
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $12.98
Aetna Local $13.93
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.44
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.44
BCBS BlueAccess $14.44
CorVel Corporation KSWC $15.41
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $15.81
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.06
Aetna National $17.10
Humana ASO $18.03
Humana POS $18.03
Humana HMO $18.03
Humana EPO $18.03
Humana PPO $18.03

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Assay malate dehydrogenase at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.74 – $18.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $7.37 – $30.39
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $7.37 – $30.39
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $7.22 – $15.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $7.37 – $30.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $7.37 – $30.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $7.37 – $30.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $6.63 – $13.27

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