Blood Count (CBC) Test 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.

$3.94 with Cigna vs $19.02 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 $3.94
Cigna LocalKC $4.75
Cigna Comm $5.91
United KSMGMCD $6.60
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.73
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.86
Unicare MGMCD $6.86
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.86
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.47
BCBS TRICARE $7.47
BCBS MCRHMO $7.69
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.69
BCBS MCRPPO $7.69
Optum Transplants OONMCR $7.77
United AllPayerAppendix $7.77
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.77
United CommunityCareNetwork $7.77
Humana PFFS $7.77
Humana MCRPPO $7.77
Humana MCRHMO $7.77
Optum Health MCR $7.77
Celtic MCR $7.93
Wellcare MCR $7.93
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $7.93
United MGMCR $7.93
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.99
Pyramid Life MCR $8.31
United MOMGMCD $9.57
Aetna IVLHIX $10.49
Aetna KCCarePlus $10.96
BCBS BlueAccess $11.71
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.71
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.71
Oscar HIX $11.81
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.02
Aetna Local $14.69
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.64
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.08
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.34
Aetna National $18.03
Humana ASO $19.02
Humana POS $19.02
Humana HMO $19.02
Humana EPO $19.02
Humana PPO $19.02

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Blood Count (CBC) Test at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.94 – $19.02
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $77.00 $7.77 – $32.03
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $77.00 $7.77 – $32.03
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $71.50 $7.61 – $16.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $77.00 $7.77 – $32.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $77.00 $7.77 – $32.03
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $77.00 $7.77 – $32.03
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $39.05 $6.99 – $13.99

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