Assay of pregnanediol 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.

$10.79 with Cigna vs $49.35 with Aetna — 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 $10.79
Cigna LocalKC $13.00
Cigna Comm $16.18
United KSMGMCD $16.38
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.71
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.04
Unicare MGMCD $17.04
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.82
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $20.46
BCBS TRICARE $20.46
BCBS MCRHMO $21.06
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.06
BCBS MCRPPO $21.06
Humana PFFS $21.27
Humana MCRPPO $21.27
Optum Health MCR $21.27
United AllPayerAppendix $21.27
Optum Transplants OONMCR $21.27
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.27
Humana MCRHMO $21.27
United CommunityCareNetwork $21.27
Wellcare MCR $21.70
United MGMCR $21.70
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $21.70
Celtic MCR $21.70
Pyramid Life MCR $22.76
United MOMGMCD $23.75
Aetna IVLHIX $28.71
Aetna KCCarePlus $29.99
Oscar HIX $32.33
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $34.26
BCBS BlueAccess $37.47
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.47
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.47
Aetna Local $40.20
CorVel Corporation KSWC $40.69
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $41.76
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $42.40
Humana ASO $46.81
Humana POS $46.81
Humana HMO $46.81
Humana EPO $46.81
Humana PPO $46.81
Aetna National $49.35

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Assay of pregnanediol at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $10.79 – $46.81
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $34.50 $8.93 – $44.67
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $21.27 – $78.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $21.27 – $78.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $20.84 – $40.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $21.27 – $78.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $21.27 – $78.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $21.27 – $78.92

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