Blood count spun microhematocrit 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

$86.72

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.

$86.72

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.

$3.55 with Cigna vs $86.72 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 $3.55 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $4.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAccess $4.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $5.32 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $5.79 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $5.79 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $5.79 ↓ -93%
Humana POS $5.79 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $5.79 ↓ -93%
United KSMGMCD $5.95 ↓ -93%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.07 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.13 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.19 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $6.19 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.19 ↓ -93%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.62 ↓ -92%
BCBS TRICARE $6.73 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.73 ↓ -92%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.93 ↓ -92%
Humana MCRHMO $7.00 ↓ -92%
Humana MCRPPO $7.00 ↓ -92%
Humana PFFS $7.00 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.00 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCR $7.00 ↓ -92%
United CommunityCareNetwork $7.00 ↓ -92%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $7.00 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $7.14 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $7.14 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $7.14 ↓ -92%
Celtic MCR $7.14 ↓ -92%
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.20 ↓ -92%
Pyramid Life MCR $7.49 ↓ -91%
United MOMGMCD $8.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna IVLHIX $9.45 ↓ -89%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.86 ↓ -89%
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.87 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $10.64 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $11.27 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.71 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $12.02 ↓ -86%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $12.21 ↓ -86%
Aetna Local $13.23 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $16.13 ↓ -81%
Aetna National $16.24 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $16.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $16.48 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $17.34 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.81 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $21.77 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $30.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $32.09 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $32.09 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $33.82 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $33.82 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $34.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $34.86 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.56 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $37.29 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.02 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $41.63 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $43.36 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $43.36 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $43.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $44.23 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $45.96 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $52.03 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $56.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $56.37 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $56.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $56.37 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $64.17 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $65.04 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $69.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $69.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $69.38 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $77.18 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $79.78 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $86.72 ↑ +0%

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Blood count spun microhematocrit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $44.25 $3.55 – $12.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $85.80 $3.87 – $12.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $99.55 $6.19 – $12.60

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