Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$681.18
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.
$681.18
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.
$71.01 with United vs $30,000.00 with WPPA ProviDrs Care Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $71.01 | ↓ -90% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $72.43 | ↓ -89% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $73.14 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $73.85 | ↓ -89% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $73.85 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $73.85 | ↓ -89% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $85.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $88.55 | ↓ -87% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $102.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $149.86 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $163.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $168.05 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $170.98 | ↓ -75% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $199.56 | ↓ -71% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $204.81 | ↓ -70% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $207.96 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $219.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Participating | $252.04 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $252.04 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $262.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $265.66 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $265.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $273.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $273.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $279.28 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $306.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $326.97 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Comm | $327.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $340.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $340.59 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $340.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $347.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $408.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $442.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $442.77 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $442.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $442.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $504.07 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $510.88 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $510.88 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $544.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $544.94 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $544.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $606.25 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $626.69 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $681.18 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,566.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Humana | EPO | $1,566.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Humana | ASO | $1,566.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Humana | POS | $1,941.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,941.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,995.00 | ↑ +193% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,550.00 | ↑ +274% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,550.00 | ↑ +274% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $3,654.00 | ↑ +436% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $5,169.00 | ↑ +659% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,955.00 | ↑ +774% |
| Aetna | Local | $7,156.00 | ↑ +951% |
| Aetna | National | $8,515.00 | ↑ +1150% |
| Oscar | HIX | $10,852.00 | ↑ +1493% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $16,143.00 | ↑ +2270% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $30,000.00 | ↑ +4304% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $72.43 – $207.96 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $131.45 | $26.55 – $1,216.00 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $131.45 | $26.55 – $1,216.00 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $126.50 | $30.48 – $1,632.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $131.45 | $26.55 – $1,216.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $131.45 | $26.55 – $1,216.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $131.45 | $26.55 – $1,216.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $137.28 | $132.53 – $2,277.00 |