Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout 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

$197.25

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$197.25

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.

$16.54 with Cigna vs $197.25 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 $16.54 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalKC $19.93 ↓ -90%
Cigna Comm $24.80 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $25.64 ↓ -87%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $30.83 ↓ -84%
BCBS TRICARE $31.37 ↓ -84%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $31.37 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRHMO $32.29 ↓ -84%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $32.29 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $32.29 ↓ -84%
Humana MCRPPO $32.62 ↓ -83%
Optum Health MCR $32.62 ↓ -83%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $32.62 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $32.62 ↓ -83%
United KSMGMCD $32.62 ↓ -83%
United CommunityCareNetwork $32.62 ↓ -83%
Humana MCRHMO $32.62 ↓ -83%
Humana PFFS $32.62 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MGMCR $32.62 ↓ -83%
United MGMCR $33.27 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $33.27 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MCR $33.27 ↓ -83%
Celtic MCR $33.27 ↓ -83%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $33.27 ↓ -83%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $33.60 ↓ -83%
Unicare MGMCD $33.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health MCD $33.92 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.92 ↓ -83%
Pyramid Life MCR $34.90 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $36.69 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $37.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $37.48 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $39.45 ↓ -80%
Home State Health Plan MCD $39.47 ↓ -80%
Aetna IVLHIX $44.04 ↓ -78%
Aetna KCCarePlus $45.99 ↓ -77%
United MOMGMCD $47.30 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $47.34 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $49.51 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $49.58 ↓ -75%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $58.14 ↓ -71%
Aetna Local $61.65 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueAccess $63.85 ↓ -68%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $63.85 ↓ -68%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $63.85 ↓ -68%
Universal Healthcare MCR $69.04 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $69.05 ↓ -65%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $70.86 ↓ -64%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $71.95 ↓ -64%
BCBS Participating $72.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $72.98 ↓ -63%
Aetna National $75.68 ↓ -62%
BCBS PC $76.93 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $76.93 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $79.29 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $79.29 ↓ -60%
Humana EPO $79.82 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $79.82 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $79.82 ↓ -60%
Humana POS $79.82 ↓ -60%
Humana ASO $79.82 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $80.87 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $84.82 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $88.76 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $94.68 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $98.63 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $98.63 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $98.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $100.60 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $104.54 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $118.35 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $128.21 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $128.21 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $128.21 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $128.21 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $145.97 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $147.94 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $157.80 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $157.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $157.80 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $175.55 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $181.47 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $197.25 ↑ +0%

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Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $99.75 $16.54 – $79.82
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $162.50 $32.62 – $45.21
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $234.65 $32.62 – $65.07
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $165.75 $29.02 – $120.79
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $163.80 $29.36 – $117.17
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $101.40 $24.86 – $328.28
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $199.59 $16.54 – $71.95
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $761.45 $16.54 – $71.95

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