Chromosome count additional 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

$131.17

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.

$131.17

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.

$13.64 with Cigna vs $131.17 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 $13.64 ↓ -90%
Cigna LocalKC $16.44 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $17.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $20.46 ↓ -84%
United KSMGMCD $22.87 ↓ -83%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $23.33 ↓ -82%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $23.56 ↓ -82%
Unicare MGMCD $23.78 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MGMCD $23.78 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health MCD $23.78 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $24.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $24.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $24.92 ↓ -81%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $25.43 ↓ -81%
BCBS TRICARE $25.88 ↓ -80%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $25.88 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $26.23 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $26.64 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRPPO $26.64 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCRHMO $26.64 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $26.91 ↓ -79%
Humana MCRPPO $26.91 ↓ -79%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $26.91 ↓ -79%
Optum Health MCR $26.91 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.91 ↓ -79%
Humana PFFS $26.91 ↓ -79%
United CommunityCareNetwork $26.91 ↓ -79%
Humana MCRHMO $26.91 ↓ -79%
Celtic MCR $27.45 ↓ -79%
United MGMCR $27.45 ↓ -79%
Wellcare MCR $27.45 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $27.45 ↓ -79%
Home State Health Plan MCD $27.67 ↓ -79%
Pyramid Life MCR $28.79 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $31.48 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $32.92 ↓ -75%
United MOMGMCD $33.16 ↓ -75%
Aetna IVLHIX $36.33 ↓ -72%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.23 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueAccess $37.23 ↓ -72%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.23 ↓ -72%
Aetna KCCarePlus $37.94 ↓ -71%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.94 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $40.90 ↓ -69%
Universal Healthcare MCR $45.91 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $46.24 ↓ -65%
Humana ASO $46.50 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $46.50 ↓ -65%
Humana POS $46.50 ↓ -65%
Humana EPO $46.50 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $46.50 ↓ -65%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $47.45 ↓ -64%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $48.18 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $48.53 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $48.53 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $50.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $51.16 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $51.16 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $52.73 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $52.73 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $53.78 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $56.40 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $59.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $62.43 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $62.96 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $65.58 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $65.58 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $65.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $66.90 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $69.52 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $78.70 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $85.26 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $85.26 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $85.26 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $85.26 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $97.07 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $98.38 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $104.94 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $104.94 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $104.94 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $116.74 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $120.68 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $131.17 ↑ +0%

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Chromosome count additional at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $60.00 $13.64 – $48.18
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $45.65 $26.91 – $89.88
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $45.65 $26.91 – $89.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $45.65 $26.91 – $89.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $45.65 $26.91 – $89.88
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $45.65 $26.91 – $89.88
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $43.55 $22.87 – $37.30
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $45.50 $25.20 – $37.30

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