Carbohydrate urine - 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

$108.43

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.

$108.43

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.

$2.79 with Cigna vs $108.43 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 $2.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $3.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $4.19 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.20 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $5.29 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $5.29 ↓ -95%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.45 ↓ -95%
Optum Health MCR $5.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -95%
Humana MCRHMO $5.50 ↓ -95%
Humana MCRPPO $5.50 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $5.50 ↓ -95%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.50 ↓ -95%
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.50 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.50 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $5.50 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.61 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $5.61 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $5.61 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $5.61 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.61 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.67 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $5.72 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.72 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.72 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $5.89 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.65 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $7.43 ↓ -93%
Aetna KCCarePlus $7.76 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $7.97 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $8.36 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna Local $10.40 ↓ -90%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.79 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.71 ↓ -89%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $12.02 ↓ -89%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $12.21 ↓ -89%
Aetna National $12.77 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $13.46 ↓ -88%
Humana ASO $13.46 ↓ -88%
Humana POS $13.46 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $13.46 ↓ -88%
Humana EPO $13.46 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $14.10 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $20.17 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $20.60 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $20.60 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $21.69 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $26.02 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $27.22 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $37.95 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $40.12 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $40.12 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $42.29 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $42.29 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $43.59 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $43.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $44.46 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $46.62 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $48.79 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $52.05 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $54.22 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $54.22 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $54.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $55.30 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $57.47 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $65.06 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $70.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $70.48 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $70.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $70.48 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $80.24 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $81.32 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $86.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $86.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $86.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $96.50 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $99.76 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $108.43 ↑ +0%

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Carbohydrate urine - sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $50.00 $2.79 – $13.46
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $57.75 $2.31 – $11.55
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $189.97 $2.79 – $12.21
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $168.57 $2.79 – $12.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $5.50 – $22.68
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $5.50 – $22.68
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $5.39 – $11.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $5.50 – $22.68

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