Cell count body fluid 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.

$2.39 with Cigna vs $863.58 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 $2.39
Cigna LocalKC $2.89
Cigna Comm $3.59
United KSMGMCD $4.01
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.09
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.17
Unicare MGMCD $4.17
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.46
BCBS TRICARE $4.54
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.54
BCBS MCRPPO $4.67
BCBS MCRHMO $4.67
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.67
Optum Health MCR $4.72
Humana PFFS $4.72
Humana MCRPPO $4.72
Humana MCRHMO $4.72
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.72
United CommunityCareNetwork $4.72
United AllPayerAppendix $4.72
Optum Transplants OONMCR $4.72
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $4.81
Celtic MCR $4.81
Wellcare MCR $4.81
United MGMCR $4.81
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.85
Pyramid Life MCR $5.05
United MOMGMCD $5.81
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $5.86
BCBS BlueAccess $5.86
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $5.86
Aetna IVLHIX $6.37
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.65
Oscar HIX $7.17
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.30
Aetna Local $8.92
CorVel Corporation KSWC $9.86
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.12
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.28
Aetna National $10.95
Humana PPO $11.56
Humana ASO $11.56
Humana POS $11.56
Humana HMO $11.56
Humana EPO $11.56
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $112.27
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $160.63
NHC Advantage MGMCR $164.08
NHC Advantage MGMCD $164.08
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $172.72
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $207.26
United OptionsPPO $216.76
Universal Healthcare MCR $302.25
BCBS Traditional $319.52
BCBS Participating $319.52
BCBS FreedomNetwork $336.80
BCBS PC $336.80
Coventry WCOMP $347.16
Aetna FHMedicalRental $347.16
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $354.07
College Park Family Care Center COMM $371.34
United GlobalBenefitPlan $388.61
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $414.52
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $431.79
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $431.79
Cigna LifeSource COMM $431.79
Aetna NATIONALNAP $440.43
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $457.70
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $518.15
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $561.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $561.33
CorVel Corporation MOWC $561.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $561.33
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $639.05
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $647.68
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $690.86
CCO, Inc. COMM $690.86
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $690.86
Optum Health COMM $768.59
Optum Transplant COMM $794.49
Optum Health MCD $863.58

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Cell count body fluid at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.39 – $11.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $24.75 $3.96 – $19.47
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $24.75 $3.96 – $19.47
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $73.15 $4.54 – $10.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $24.75 $3.96 – $19.47
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $24.75 $3.96 – $19.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $24.75 $3.96 – $19.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $42.35 $4.25 – $8.50

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