Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$562.11

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.

$562.11

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.

$7.41 with Cigna vs $562.11 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 $7.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $8.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $11.11 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $12.42 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.67 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.92 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.92 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $12.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $13.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $14.05 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $14.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.46 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.46 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $14.46 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $14.61 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $14.61 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $14.61 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $14.61 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $14.61 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.61 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $14.61 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $14.90 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $14.90 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $14.90 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.03 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.63 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $18.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $19.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $20.60 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $21.28 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $22.21 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $23.05 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $23.05 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $23.05 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $25.27 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $25.94 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $26.33 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $26.78 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $26.78 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $26.78 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $26.78 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $26.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $27.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $33.89 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $73.07 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $104.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $106.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $106.80 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $112.42 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $134.91 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $141.09 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $196.74 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $207.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $207.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $219.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $219.22 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $225.97 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $225.97 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $230.47 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $241.71 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $252.95 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $269.81 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $281.06 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $281.06 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $281.06 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $286.68 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $297.92 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $337.27 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $365.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $365.37 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $365.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $365.37 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $415.96 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $421.58 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $449.69 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $449.69 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $449.69 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $500.28 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $517.14 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $562.11 ↑ +0%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $258.75 $7.41 – $26.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $155.65 $14.61 – $48.80
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $155.65 $14.61 – $48.80
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $60.50 $14.32 – $25.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $155.65 $14.61 – $48.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $155.65 $14.61 – $48.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $155.65 $14.61 – $48.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $62.70 $13.15 – $26.30

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