B-hexosaminidase ea assay 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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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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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.

$8.56 with Cigna vs $41.28 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

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

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 $8.56
Cigna LocalKC $10.31
Cigna Comm $12.83
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.23
BCBS TRICARE $16.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.70
BCBS MCRPPO $16.70
BCBS MCRHMO $16.70
United CommunityCareNetwork $16.87
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87
Optum Health MCR $16.87
Optum Transplants OONMCR $16.87
Humana MCRHMO $16.87
Humana MCRPPO $16.87
Humana PFFS $16.87
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87
United MGMCR $17.21
Wellcare MCR $17.21
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $17.21
Celtic MCR $17.21
Pyramid Life MCR $18.05
Aetna IVLHIX $22.77
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.78
Oscar HIX $25.64
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.11
Aetna Local $31.88
BCBS BlueAccess $33.04
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $33.04
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $33.04
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.76
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.70
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.26
Aetna National $39.13
Humana HMO $41.28
Humana POS $41.28
Humana PPO $41.28
Humana EPO $41.28
Humana ASO $41.28

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B-hexosaminidase ea assay at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $8.56 – $41.28
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $260.70 $16.53 – $36.04
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $266.50 $16.87 – $23.89
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $119.60 $15.01 – $62.47
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $31.20 $15.18 – $60.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $16.87 – $69.57

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