Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$109.98
Cash price 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.
$109.98
Gross charge 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.
$4.09 with Cigna vs $109.98 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $4.09 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $4.93 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Comm | $6.14 | ↓ -94% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $7.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $7.62 | ↓ -93% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $7.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $7.73 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $7.76 | ↓ -93% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $7.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $7.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $7.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $7.80 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $7.99 | ↓ -93% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $7.99 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $7.99 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Health | MCR | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | PFFS | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $8.23 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCR | $8.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $8.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Celtic | MCR | $8.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $8.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $9.07 | ↓ -92% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $10.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $10.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $11.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $11.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Oscar | HIX | $12.27 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $13.12 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $13.12 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $13.12 | ↓ -88% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $14.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $14.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $14.55 | ↓ -87% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $14.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Local | $15.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | PPO | $16.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | ASO | $16.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | POS | $16.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | HMO | $16.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | EPO | $16.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | National | $18.72 | ↓ -83% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $20.46 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $20.90 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $20.90 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $22.00 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $26.40 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $27.60 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $38.49 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $40.69 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $40.69 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $42.89 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $42.89 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $44.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $44.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $45.09 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $47.29 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $49.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $52.79 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $54.99 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $54.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $54.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $56.09 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $58.29 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $65.99 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $71.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $71.49 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $71.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $71.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $81.39 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $82.48 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $87.98 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $87.98 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $87.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $97.88 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $101.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $109.98 | ↑ +0% |
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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $4.09 – $16.40 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $55.25 | $7.50 – $11.18 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $62.40 | $8.07 – $11.18 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $99.45 | $7.18 – $29.88 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $81.25 | $6.15 – $42.50 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | $113.23 | $4.09 – $14.77 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | $172.25 | $4.09 – $14.77 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | $144.85 | $7.50 – $14.77 |