Chromosome analysis 5 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

$1,232.69

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.

$1,232.69

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.

$134.02 with Cigna vs $1,232.69 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 $134.02 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $160.25 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalKC $161.51 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $201.03 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $229.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $234.21 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $234.21 ↓ -81%
United KSMGMCD $244.25 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $246.54 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $249.13 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $249.81 ↓ -80%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $251.58 ↓ -80%
Unicare MGMCD $254.02 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup MGMCD $254.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna Better Health MCD $254.02 ↓ -79%
BCBS TRICARE $254.24 ↓ -79%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $254.24 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCRHMO $261.70 ↓ -79%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $261.70 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCRPPO $261.70 ↓ -79%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $264.34 ↓ -79%
Optum Health MCR $264.34 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $264.34 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health MGMCR $264.34 ↓ -79%
United CommunityCareNetwork $264.34 ↓ -79%
Humana PFFS $264.34 ↓ -79%
Humana MCRPPO $264.34 ↓ -79%
Humana MCRHMO $264.34 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $269.63 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $269.63 ↓ -78%
Wellcare MCR $269.63 ↓ -78%
Celtic MCR $269.63 ↓ -78%
Pyramid Life MCR $282.84 ↓ -77%
Home State Health Plan MCD $295.54 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $295.85 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $309.41 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $346.13 ↓ -72%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $346.13 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueAccess $346.13 ↓ -72%
United MOMGMCD $354.16 ↓ -71%
Aetna IVLHIX $356.86 ↓ -71%
Aetna KCCarePlus $372.72 ↓ -70%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $381.03 ↓ -69%
Oscar HIX $401.80 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $431.44 ↓ -65%
Humana ASO $432.51 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $432.51 ↓ -65%
Humana EPO $432.51 ↓ -65%
Humana POS $432.51 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $432.51 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $452.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $456.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $456.10 ↓ -63%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $464.38 ↓ -62%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $471.53 ↓ -62%
BCBS PC $480.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $480.75 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $495.54 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $495.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna Local $499.60 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $505.40 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $530.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $554.71 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $591.69 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $613.27 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $616.35 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $616.35 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $616.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $628.67 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $653.33 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $739.61 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $801.25 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $801.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $801.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $801.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $912.19 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $924.52 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $986.15 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $986.15 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $986.15 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,097.09 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,134.07 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,232.69 ↑ +0%

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Chromosome analysis 5 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $564.25 $134.02 – $471.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $447.70 $251.16 – $882.90
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $447.70 $251.16 – $882.90
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $462.55 $259.05 – $457.31
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $447.70 $251.16 – $882.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $447.70 $251.16 – $882.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $447.70 $251.16 – $882.90
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $447.70 $251.16 – $882.90

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