Concentration infection agents any type 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

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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.

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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.

$3.39 with Cigna vs $99.28 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 $3.39
Cigna LocalKC $4.08
Cigna Comm $5.08
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.31
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.42
BCBS TRICARE $6.42
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.61
BCBS MCRPPO $6.61
BCBS MCRHMO $6.61
Optum Health MCR $6.68
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.68
Humana MCRHMO $6.68
Humana MCRPPO $6.68
Humana PFFS $6.68
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.68
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.68
United AllPayerAppendix $6.68
United KSMGMCD $6.68
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.81
Celtic MCR $6.81
United MGMCR $6.81
Wellcare MCR $6.81
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.81
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.88
Unicare MGMCD $6.95
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.95
Pyramid Life MCR $7.15
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.08
Aetna IVLHIX $9.02
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.42
United MOMGMCD $9.69
Oscar HIX $10.15
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.94
Aetna Local $12.63
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $12.91
BCBS BlueAccess $14.08
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.08
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.08
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.17
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $14.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.77
Aetna National $15.50
Humana PPO $16.35
Humana ASO $16.35
Humana POS $16.35
Humana HMO $16.35
Humana EPO $16.35
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $18.47
NHC Advantage MGMCD $18.86
NHC Advantage MGMCR $18.86
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $19.86
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $23.83
United OptionsPPO $24.92
Universal Healthcare MCR $34.75
BCBS Traditional $36.73
BCBS Participating $36.73
BCBS FreedomNetwork $38.72
BCBS PC $38.72
Coventry WCOMP $39.91
Aetna FHMedicalRental $39.91
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $40.70
College Park Family Care Center COMM $42.69
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.68
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $47.65
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $49.64
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $49.64
Cigna LifeSource COMM $49.64
Aetna NATIONALNAP $50.63
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $52.62
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $59.57
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $64.53
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $64.53
CorVel Corporation MOWC $64.53
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $64.53
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $73.47
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $74.46
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $79.42
CCO, Inc. COMM $79.42
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $79.42
Optum Health COMM $88.36
Optum Transplant COMM $91.34
Optum Health MCD $99.28

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Concentration infection agents any type at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $141.25 $3.39 – $16.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $53.35 $6.68 – $27.52
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $53.35 $6.68 – $27.52
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $40.15 $6.55 – $14.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $53.35 $6.68 – $27.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $53.35 $6.68 – $27.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $53.35 $6.68 – $27.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $47.85 $6.01 – $12.02

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