Cholinesterase 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

$306.72

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.

$306.72

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.

$3.99 with Cigna vs $306.72 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 $3.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $4.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $5.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $7.57 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.57 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $7.79 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.79 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $7.87 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $7.87 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $7.87 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $7.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.87 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.87 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $7.87 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $7.87 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $7.87 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.03 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $8.03 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $8.03 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $8.03 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $8.03 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.18 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $8.18 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.18 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $8.42 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $9.36 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $9.36 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $9.36 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $9.36 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $9.36 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.52 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $10.62 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $11.09 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $11.41 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $11.96 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.02 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $14.87 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $16.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $16.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAccess $16.60 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.64 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.08 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.34 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $18.25 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $39.87 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $57.05 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $58.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $58.28 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $61.34 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $73.61 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $76.99 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $107.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $113.49 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $113.49 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $119.62 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $119.62 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $123.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $123.30 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $125.76 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $131.89 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $138.02 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $147.23 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $153.36 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $153.36 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $153.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $156.43 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $162.56 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $184.03 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $199.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $199.37 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $199.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $199.37 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $226.97 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $230.04 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $245.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $245.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $245.38 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $272.98 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $282.18 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $306.72 ↑ +0%

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Cholinesterase at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.99 – $17.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $69.30 $7.87 – $32.46
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $69.30 $7.87 – $32.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $69.30 $7.87 – $32.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $69.30 $7.87 – $32.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $69.30 $7.87 – $32.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $110.00 $7.08 – $14.17
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $45.50 $7.87 – $10.90

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