Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$540.48

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$540.48

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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$5.85 with Cigna vs $540.48 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $5.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $7.05 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $8.77 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.91 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $11.10 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.42 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $11.54 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.54 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $11.54 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $11.54 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $11.54 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $11.54 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $11.54 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.54 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $11.54 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.77 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $11.77 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $11.77 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $11.77 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $11.77 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.89 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $12.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.00 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.00 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $12.35 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.96 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $15.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.27 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $16.73 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $17.54 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $18.17 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $21.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $21.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $21.47 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $21.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $21.81 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $22.14 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $22.48 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $24.94 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $24.94 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $24.94 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $24.94 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $24.94 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $26.77 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $70.26 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $100.53 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $102.69 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $102.69 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $108.10 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $129.72 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $135.66 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $189.17 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $199.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $199.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $210.79 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $210.79 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $217.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $217.27 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $221.60 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $232.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $243.22 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $259.43 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $270.24 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $270.24 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $270.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $275.64 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $286.45 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $324.29 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $351.31 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $351.31 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $351.31 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $351.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $399.96 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $405.36 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $432.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $432.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $432.38 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $481.03 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $497.24 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $540.48 ↑ +0%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $248.75 $5.85 – $24.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $80.85 $11.54 – $42.02
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $80.85 $11.54 – $42.02
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $55.00 $11.31 – $21.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $80.85 $11.54 – $42.02
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $80.85 $11.54 – $42.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $80.85 $11.54 – $42.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $133.65 $10.39 – $20.77

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