Creatine kinase 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

$483.86

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.

$483.86

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.

$3.30 with Cigna vs $483.86 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 $3.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $3.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $4.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.15 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $6.26 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $6.44 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $6.51 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.51 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.51 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $6.51 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.64 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.71 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $6.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.77 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.77 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $6.97 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $8.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.18 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $9.44 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $9.90 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $12.30 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $13.57 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.71 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.71 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $13.71 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $13.92 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $15.10 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $15.95 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $15.95 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $15.95 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $15.95 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $15.95 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $62.90 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $90.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $91.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $91.93 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $96.77 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $116.13 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $121.45 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $169.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $179.03 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $179.03 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $188.71 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $188.71 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $194.51 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $194.51 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $198.38 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $208.06 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $217.74 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $232.25 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $241.93 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $241.93 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $241.93 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $246.77 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $256.45 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $290.32 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $314.51 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $314.51 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $314.51 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $314.51 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $358.06 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $362.89 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $387.09 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $387.09 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $387.09 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $430.64 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $445.15 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $483.86 ↑ +0%

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Creatine kinase at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $484.00 $3.30 – $15.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $85.25 $6.51 – $26.85
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $85.25 $6.51 – $26.85
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $27.50 $6.38 – $13.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $85.25 $6.51 – $26.85
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $85.25 $6.51 – $26.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $85.25 $6.51 – $26.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $41.25 $5.86 – $11.72

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