Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$307.00

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.

$307.00

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.

$1.93 with Cigna vs $307.00 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 $1.93 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $2.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $2.89 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $3.23 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.29 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.33 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.36 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.36 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $3.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3.59 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $3.65 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $3.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $3.76 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $3.76 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $3.80 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $3.80 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $3.80 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $3.80 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $3.88 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $3.88 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $3.88 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $3.88 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $3.91 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $4.07 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $4.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $5.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $5.36 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $5.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $6.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $6.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $6.05 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $6.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $7.18 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $7.40 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $7.60 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $7.71 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $8.42 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $8.42 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $8.42 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $8.42 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $8.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $8.81 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $39.91 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $57.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $58.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $58.33 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $61.40 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $73.68 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $77.06 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $107.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $113.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $113.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $119.73 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $119.73 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $123.41 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $123.41 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $125.87 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $132.01 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $138.15 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $147.36 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $153.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $153.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $153.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $156.57 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $162.71 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $184.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $199.55 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $199.55 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $199.55 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $199.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $227.18 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $230.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $245.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $245.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $245.60 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $273.23 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $282.44 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $307.00 ↑ +0%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.93 – $8.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $25.30 $3.80 – $14.16
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $25.30 $3.80 – $14.16
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $9.35 $3.72 – $7.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $25.30 $3.80 – $14.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $25.30 $3.80 – $14.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $25.30 $3.80 – $14.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $20.90 $3.42 – $6.84

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