Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) 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

$858.28

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.

$858.28

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.

$3.28 with Cigna vs $858.28 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 $3.28 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $3.96 ↓ -100%
Cigna Comm $4.93 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.11 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $6.22 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.41 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $6.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $6.47 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $6.47 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $6.47 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.60 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.66 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $6.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.73 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.73 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $6.92 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $8.74 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.12 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $9.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAccess $9.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.74 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $9.83 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna Local $12.23 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $13.57 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $13.92 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $15.01 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $15.84 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $15.84 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $15.84 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $15.84 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $15.84 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $111.58 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $159.64 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $163.07 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $163.07 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $171.66 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $205.99 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $215.43 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $300.40 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $317.56 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $317.56 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $334.73 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $334.73 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $345.03 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $345.03 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $351.89 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $369.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $386.23 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $411.97 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $429.14 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $429.14 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $429.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $437.72 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $454.89 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $514.97 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $557.88 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $557.88 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $557.88 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $557.88 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $635.13 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $643.71 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $686.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $686.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $686.62 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $763.87 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $789.62 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $858.28 ↑ +0%

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Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $41.50 $3.28 – $15.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $35.20 $6.47 – $26.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $35.20 $6.47 – $26.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $60.50 $6.34 – $13.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $35.20 $6.47 – $26.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $35.20 $6.47 – $26.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $35.20 $6.47 – $26.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $27.50 $5.82 – $11.65

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