Blood gases ph venous 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.

$5.58 with Cigna vs $445.79 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 $5.58
Cigna LocalKC $6.72
Cigna Comm $8.37
United KSMGMCD $9.35
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.54
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.63
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.72
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.72
Unicare MGMCD $9.72
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.40
BCBS TRICARE $10.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $10.58
BCBS MCRPPO $10.89
BCBS MCRHMO $10.89
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.89
Optum Health MCR $11.00
Humana PFFS $11.00
Humana MCRPPO $11.00
Humana MCRHMO $11.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.00
United CommunityCareNetwork $11.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11.00
Optum Transplants OONMCR $11.00
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $11.22
Celtic MCR $11.22
Wellcare MCR $11.22
United MGMCR $11.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.31
Pyramid Life MCR $11.77
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.57
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.57
BCBS BlueAccess $12.57
United MOMGMCD $13.56
Aetna IVLHIX $14.85
Aetna KCCarePlus $15.51
Humana HMO $15.70
Humana PPO $15.70
Humana EPO $15.70
Humana ASO $15.70
Humana POS $15.70
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $16.10
Oscar HIX $16.72
CorVel Corporation KSWC $19.11
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $19.62
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $19.92
Aetna Local $20.79
Aetna National $25.52
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $57.95
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $82.92
NHC Advantage MGMCD $84.70
NHC Advantage MGMCR $84.70
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $89.16
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $106.99
United OptionsPPO $111.89
Universal Healthcare MCR $156.03
BCBS Traditional $164.94
BCBS Participating $164.94
BCBS FreedomNetwork $173.86
BCBS PC $173.86
Coventry WCOMP $179.21
Aetna FHMedicalRental $179.21
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $182.77
College Park Family Care Center COMM $191.69
United GlobalBenefitPlan $200.61
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $213.98
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $222.90
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $222.90
Cigna LifeSource COMM $222.90
Aetna NATIONALNAP $227.35
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $236.27
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $267.47
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $289.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $289.76
CorVel Corporation MOWC $289.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $289.76
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $329.88
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $334.34
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $356.63
CCO, Inc. COMM $356.63
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $356.63
Optum Health COMM $396.75
Optum Transplant COMM $410.13
Optum Health MCD $445.79

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Blood gases ph venous at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $5.58 – $19.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $310.75 $9.90 – $19.80
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $67.60 $9.35 – $15.25
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $72.15 $11.00 – $15.25
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $76.05 $9.35 – $40.73
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $20.15 $9.90 – $39.51
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $21.45 $9.90 – $38.50
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $122.85 $8.38 – $57.94

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