Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference 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

$267.63

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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.

$267.63

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.

$2.90 with Cigna vs $267.63 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 $2.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $3.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $4.35 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.66 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.66 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.66 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $5.72 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.72 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $5.72 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $5.72 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $5.72 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.72 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $5.72 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.72 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.72 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.83 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.95 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.95 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $5.95 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $6.12 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $7.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $8.06 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $8.29 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $8.69 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $10.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAccess $12.05 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $12.33 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $12.66 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $12.85 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $13.27 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $14.02 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $14.02 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $14.02 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $14.02 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $14.02 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $34.79 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $49.78 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $50.85 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $50.85 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $53.53 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $64.23 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $67.18 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $93.67 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $99.02 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $99.02 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $104.38 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $104.38 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $107.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $107.59 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $109.73 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $115.08 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $120.43 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $128.46 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $133.81 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $133.81 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $133.81 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $136.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $138.95 ↓ -48%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $141.84 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $160.58 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $173.96 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $173.96 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $173.96 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $173.96 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $198.05 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $200.72 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $200.72 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $214.10 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $214.10 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $214.10 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $238.19 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $246.22 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $267.63 ↑ +0%

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Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.90 – $14.02
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $46.80 $5.72 – $224.98
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $85.80 $5.72 – $224.98
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $94.25 $5.09 – $224.98
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $116.35 $5.61 – $1,094.86
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $26.65 $5.61 – $1,094.86
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $45.82 $2.90 – $138.95
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $68.14 $2.90 – $138.95

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