Cortisol total am 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

$465.91

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.

$465.91

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.

$8.27 with Cigna vs $465.91 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 $8.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $9.96 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $12.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.40 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $15.68 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $15.68 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.14 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.14 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.14 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $16.30 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.30 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $16.30 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $16.30 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $16.30 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $16.30 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $16.30 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.30 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $16.30 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.63 ↓ -96%
Celtic MCR $16.63 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $16.63 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $16.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $16.63 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.79 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $16.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.95 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.95 ↓ -96%
Pyramid Life MCR $17.44 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $22.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $22.99 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $23.64 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $24.78 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $29.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $30.81 ↓ -93%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $34.34 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $34.52 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $35.43 ↓ -92%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $35.98 ↓ -92%
Aetna National $37.82 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $39.91 ↓ -91%
Humana ASO $39.91 ↓ -91%
Humana POS $39.91 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $39.91 ↓ -91%
Humana EPO $39.91 ↓ -91%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $60.57 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $86.66 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $88.52 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $88.52 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $93.18 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $111.82 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $116.94 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $163.07 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $172.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $172.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $181.70 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $181.70 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $187.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $187.30 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $191.02 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $200.34 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $209.66 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $223.64 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $232.96 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $232.96 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $232.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $237.61 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $246.93 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $279.55 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $302.84 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $302.84 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $302.84 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $302.84 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $344.77 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $349.43 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $372.73 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $372.73 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $372.73 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $414.66 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $428.64 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $465.91 ↑ +0%

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Cortisol total am at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $205.00 $8.27 – $39.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $73.15 $16.30 – $67.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $73.15 $16.30 – $67.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $93.50 $15.97 – $34.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $73.15 $16.30 – $67.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $73.15 $16.30 – $67.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $73.15 $16.30 – $67.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $86.35 $14.67 – $29.34

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