Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$431.10

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.

$431.10

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.

$10.01 with Cigna vs $431.10 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 $10.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $12.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $15.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.66 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $18.99 ↓ -96%
BCBS TRICARE $18.99 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.54 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.54 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $19.54 ↓ -95%
Optum Health MCR $19.74 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.74 ↓ -95%
Humana MCRHMO $19.74 ↓ -95%
Humana MCRPPO $19.74 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $19.74 ↓ -95%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $19.74 ↓ -95%
United CommunityCareNetwork $19.74 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.74 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $19.74 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.13 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $20.13 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $20.13 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $20.13 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $20.13 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.33 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $20.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.53 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.53 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $21.12 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $23.89 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $26.65 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $27.83 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $28.62 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $30.00 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $35.30 ↓ -92%
Aetna Local $37.31 ↓ -91%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $41.60 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $41.60 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $41.60 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $41.92 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $43.03 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $43.69 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $45.80 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $48.33 ↓ -89%
Humana ASO $48.33 ↓ -89%
Humana POS $48.33 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $48.33 ↓ -89%
Humana EPO $48.33 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $56.04 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $80.18 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $81.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $81.91 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $86.22 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $103.46 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $108.21 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $150.88 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $159.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $159.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $168.13 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $168.13 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $173.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $173.30 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $176.75 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $185.37 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $194.00 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $206.93 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $215.55 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $215.55 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $215.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $219.86 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $228.48 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $258.66 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $280.21 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $280.21 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $280.21 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $280.21 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $319.01 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $323.32 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $344.88 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $344.88 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $344.88 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $383.68 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $396.61 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $431.10 ↑ +0%

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $10.01 – $48.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $194.70 $19.74 – $81.40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $194.70 $19.74 – $81.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $194.70 $19.74 – $81.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $194.70 $19.74 – $81.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $194.70 $19.74 – $81.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $120.45 $17.77 – $35.53
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