Bilirubin direct 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.

$2.54 with Cigna vs $413.55 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 $2.54
Cigna LocalKC $3.06
Cigna Comm $3.81
United KSMGMCD $4.27
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.36
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.40
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.44
Unicare MGMCD $4.44
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.75
BCBS TRICARE $4.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.83
BCBS MCRPPO $4.97
BCBS MCRHMO $4.97
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.97
Optum Health MCR $5.02
Humana PFFS $5.02
Humana MCRPPO $5.02
Humana MCRHMO $5.02
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.02
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.02
United AllPayerAppendix $5.02
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.02
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.12
Celtic MCR $5.12
Wellcare MCR $5.12
United MGMCR $5.12
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.17
Pyramid Life MCR $5.37
United MOMGMCD $6.19
Aetna IVLHIX $6.78
Aetna KCCarePlus $7.08
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $7.54
BCBS BlueAccess $7.54
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $7.54
Oscar HIX $7.63
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.82
Aetna Local $9.49
CorVel Corporation KSWC $10.48
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.75
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.92
Aetna National $11.65
Humana PPO $12.28
Humana ASO $12.28
Humana POS $12.28
Humana HMO $12.28
Humana EPO $12.28
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $53.76
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $76.92
NHC Advantage MGMCR $78.57
NHC Advantage MGMCD $78.57
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $82.71
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $99.25
United OptionsPPO $103.80
Universal Healthcare MCR $144.74
BCBS Traditional $153.01
BCBS Participating $153.01
BCBS FreedomNetwork $161.28
BCBS PC $161.28
Coventry WCOMP $166.25
Aetna FHMedicalRental $166.25
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $169.56
College Park Family Care Center COMM $177.83
United GlobalBenefitPlan $186.10
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $198.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $206.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $206.78
Cigna LifeSource COMM $206.78
Aetna NATIONALNAP $210.91
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $219.18
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $248.13
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $268.81
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $268.81
CorVel Corporation MOWC $268.81
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $268.81
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $306.03
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $310.16
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $330.84
CCO, Inc. COMM $330.84
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $330.84
Optum Health COMM $368.06
Optum Transplant COMM $380.47
Optum Health MCD $413.55

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Bilirubin direct at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.54 – $12.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $37.40 $5.02 – $20.67
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $37.40 $5.02 – $20.67
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $44.00 $4.92 – $10.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $37.40 $5.02 – $20.67
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $37.40 $5.02 – $20.67
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $37.40 $5.02 – $20.67
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $24.75 $4.52 – $9.04

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →