Candida skin test 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

$177.89

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.

$177.89

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.

$0.29 with Cigna vs $177.89 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 $0.29 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $0.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna Comm $0.43 ↓ -100%
United KSMGMCD $3.74 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.81 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.89 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $3.89 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.89 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.53 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $5.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.83 ↓ -92%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.83 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAccess $13.83 ↓ -92%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.02 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $23.13 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.11 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $33.09 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $33.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $33.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $33.80 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $35.58 ↓ -80%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.76 ↓ -80%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.70 ↓ -79%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.26 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $42.69 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $44.65 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $47.01 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $47.01 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $47.01 ↓ -74%
Humana EPO $47.01 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $47.01 ↓ -74%
Aetna IVLHIX $54.43 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $58.53 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $62.26 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $65.82 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $65.82 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $69.38 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $69.38 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $69.91 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $71.51 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $71.51 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $72.93 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $76.49 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $80.05 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $85.39 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $85.57 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $88.94 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $88.94 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $88.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $90.72 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $94.28 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $106.73 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $115.63 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $115.63 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $115.63 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $115.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $131.64 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $133.42 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $133.42 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $142.31 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $142.31 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $142.31 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $158.32 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $163.66 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $177.89 ↑ +0%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $411.75 $0.29 – $47.01
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $62.70 $24.52 – $39.18
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $171.27 $0.29 – $47.01
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SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $24.67 – $81.50
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $24.67 – $42.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $24.67 – $81.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $24.67 – $81.50

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