Cell count w differential 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.

$2.84 with Cigna vs $1,617.13 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 $2.84
Cigna LocalKC $3.42
Cigna Comm $4.26
United KSMGMCD $4.76
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.86
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.95
Unicare MGMCD $4.95
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.29
BCBS TRICARE $5.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $5.39
BCBS MCRPPO $5.54
BCBS MCRHMO $5.54
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.54
Optum Health MCR $5.60
Humana PFFS $5.60
Humana MCRPPO $5.60
Humana MCRHMO $5.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.60
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.60
United AllPayerAppendix $5.60
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.60
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.71
Celtic MCR $5.71
Wellcare MCR $5.71
United MGMCR $5.71
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.76
Pyramid Life MCR $5.99
United MOMGMCD $6.90
Aetna IVLHIX $7.56
Aetna KCCarePlus $7.89
Oscar HIX $8.51
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.86
Aetna Local $10.58
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.61
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.61
BCBS BlueAccess $11.61
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.71
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $12.02
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $12.21
Aetna National $12.99
Humana PPO $13.48
Humana ASO $13.48
Humana POS $13.48
Humana HMO $13.48
Humana EPO $13.48
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $210.23
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $300.79
NHC Advantage MGMCR $307.25
NHC Advantage MGMCD $307.25
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $323.43
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $388.11
United OptionsPPO $405.90
Universal Healthcare MCR $566.00
BCBS Traditional $598.34
BCBS Participating $598.34
BCBS FreedomNetwork $630.68
BCBS PC $630.68
Coventry WCOMP $650.09
Aetna FHMedicalRental $650.09
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $663.02
College Park Family Care Center COMM $695.37
United GlobalBenefitPlan $727.71
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $776.22
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $808.57
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $808.57
Cigna LifeSource COMM $808.57
Aetna NATIONALNAP $824.74
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $857.08
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $970.28
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,051.13
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,051.13
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,051.13
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,051.13
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,196.68
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,212.85
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,293.70
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,293.70
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,293.70
Optum Health COMM $1,439.25
Optum Transplant COMM $1,487.76
Optum Health MCD $1,617.13

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Cell count w differential body fluid at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.84 – $13.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $56.65 $5.60 – $22.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $56.65 $5.60 – $22.71
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $73.70 $5.49 – $11.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $56.65 $5.60 – $22.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $56.65 $5.60 – $22.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $56.65 $5.60 – $22.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $75.35 $5.04 – $10.08

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