Assay of feces porphyrins at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$1,380.21
Cash price 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.
$1,380.21
Gross charge 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.
$10.92 with United vs $1,380.21 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $10.92 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $11.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $11.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $11.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $11.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $11.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $13.21 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $15.83 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $19.83 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $23.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Comm | $29.74 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $36.96 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $37.62 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $37.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $38.72 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $38.72 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $38.72 | ↓ -97% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | PFFS | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Optum Health | MCR | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $39.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $39.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Celtic | MCR | $39.89 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MGMCR | $39.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $39.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $41.85 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $49.89 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $49.89 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $49.89 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $52.80 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $55.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $56.58 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $59.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | PPO | $62.34 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | ASO | $62.34 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | POS | $62.34 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | EPO | $62.34 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HMO | $62.34 | ↓ -95% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $67.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $68.96 | ↓ -95% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $70.02 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Local | $73.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | National | $90.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $179.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $256.72 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $262.24 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $262.24 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $276.04 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $331.25 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $346.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $483.07 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $510.68 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $510.68 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $538.28 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $538.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $554.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $554.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $565.89 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $593.49 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $621.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $662.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $690.11 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $690.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $690.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $703.91 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $731.51 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $828.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $897.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $897.14 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $897.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $897.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,021.36 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,035.16 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,104.17 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,104.17 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,104.17 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $1,228.39 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,269.79 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $1,380.21 | ↑ +0% |
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Assay of feces porphyrins at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $688.75 | $11.14 – $70.02 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $111.10 | $36.20 – $130.63 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $111.10 | $36.20 – $130.63 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $259.05 | $38.33 – $67.66 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $111.10 | $36.20 – $130.63 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $111.10 | $36.20 – $130.63 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $111.10 | $36.20 – $130.63 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $219.70 | $33.81 – $54.21 |