Assay of progesterone 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.

$32.89 with Cigna vs $158.75 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 $32.89
Cigna LocalKC $39.64
Cigna Comm $49.34
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $61.31
BCBS TRICARE $62.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $62.40
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $64.23
BCBS MCRHMO $64.23
BCBS MCRPPO $64.23
United AllPayerAppendix $64.88
Devoted Health MGMCR $64.88
Humana PFFS $64.88
Humana MCRPPO $64.88
Optum Health MCR $64.88
Optum Transplants OONMCR $64.88
Humana MCRHMO $64.88
United CommunityCareNetwork $64.88
United MGMCR $66.18
Wellcare MCR $66.18
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $66.18
Celtic MCR $66.18
Pyramid Life MCR $69.42
United KSMGMCD $81.02
HealthyBlue MGMCD $82.64
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $83.45
Unicare MGMCD $84.26
Aetna Better Health MCD $84.26
Amerigroup MGMCD $84.26
Aetna IVLHIX $87.59
Aetna KCCarePlus $91.48
Home State Health Plan MCD $98.03
Oscar HIX $98.62
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $115.76
United MOMGMCD $117.48
Aetna Local $122.62
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $127.03
BCBS BlueAccess $127.03
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $127.03
CorVel Corporation KSWC $137.46
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $141.08
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $143.25
Aetna National $150.52
Humana ASO $158.75
Humana POS $158.75
Humana HMO $158.75
Humana EPO $158.75
Humana PPO $158.75

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Assay of progesterone at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $32.89 – $158.75
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $1,249.65 $32.89 – $143.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $64.88 – $267.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $64.88 – $267.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $63.58 – $138.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $64.88 – $267.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $64.88 – $267.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $64.88 – $267.53

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