Coombs indirect titer 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

$512.26

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.

$512.26

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.

$2.63 with Cigna vs $512.26 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 $2.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $3.17 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $3.94 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.13 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.13 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.13 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $5.18 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.18 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $5.18 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $5.18 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $5.18 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $5.18 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $5.18 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $5.18 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.28 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.28 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $5.28 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $5.28 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $5.28 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.39 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.39 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $5.39 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $5.54 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $6.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $7.30 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $7.51 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $7.87 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $9.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.91 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.10 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $11.39 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $11.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $12.02 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $12.66 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $12.66 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $12.66 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $12.66 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $12.66 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $66.59 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $95.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $97.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $97.33 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $102.45 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $122.94 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $128.58 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $138.95 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $179.29 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $189.54 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $189.54 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $199.78 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $199.78 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $205.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $205.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $210.03 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $220.27 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $230.52 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $245.88 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $256.13 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $256.13 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $256.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $261.25 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $271.50 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $307.36 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $332.97 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $332.97 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $332.97 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $332.97 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $379.07 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $384.19 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $384.19 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $409.81 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $409.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $409.81 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $455.91 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $471.28 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $512.26 ↑ +0%

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Coombs indirect titer reference at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.63 – $12.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $129.25 $5.18 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $129.25 $5.18 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $287.65 $5.18 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $129.25 $5.18 – $21.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $129.25 $5.18 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $129.25 $5.18 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $71.50 $4.66 – $307.16

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