C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$3,504.00

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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.

$3,504.00

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.

$167.06 with Cigna vs $3,504.00 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 $167.06 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $201.33 ↓ -94%
Cigna Comm $250.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $311.39 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $326.21 ↓ -91%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $326.21 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRHMO $326.21 ↓ -91%
Humana MCRPPO $329.51 ↓ -91%
Humana PFFS $329.51 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MGMCR $329.51 ↓ -91%
Optum Health MCR $329.51 ↓ -91%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $329.51 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $329.51 ↓ -91%
United CommunityCareNetwork $329.51 ↓ -91%
Humana MCRHMO $329.51 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MCR $336.10 ↓ -90%
Celtic MCR $336.10 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $336.10 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $336.10 ↓ -90%
Pyramid Life MCR $352.58 ↓ -90%
Aetna IVLHIX $444.84 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $455.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna KCCarePlus $464.61 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $474.99 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $500.86 ↓ -86%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $564.05 ↓ -84%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $578.90 ↓ -83%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $587.80 ↓ -83%
Aetna Local $622.77 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $651.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $665.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $665.76 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $700.80 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $700.80 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $739.34 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $739.34 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $739.34 ↓ -79%
Aetna National $764.46 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $840.96 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $879.50 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $928.56 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $928.56 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,051.20 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,051.20 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,051.20 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,051.20 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,226.40 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,296.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,296.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,366.56 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,366.56 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,408.61 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,408.61 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,436.64 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,506.72 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,576.80 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,681.92 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,752.00 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,752.00 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,752.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,787.04 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,857.12 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,102.40 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,277.60 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,277.60 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,277.60 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,277.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,592.96 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,628.00 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,628.00 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,803.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,803.20 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,803.20 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $3,118.56 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,223.68 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,504.00 ↑ +0%

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $167.06 – $587.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $725.45 $329.51 – $1,100.56
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $725.45 $329.51 – $1,100.56
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,192.40 $322.92 – $570.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $725.45 $329.51 – $1,100.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $725.45 $329.51 – $1,100.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $725.45 $329.51 – $1,100.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $265.10 $296.56 – $593.12

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