Cystatin c 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

$264.19

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.

$264.19

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.

$9.39 with Cigna vs $264.19 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 $9.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $11.32 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $14.09 ↓ -95%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.50 ↓ -93%
BCBS TRICARE $17.81 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.81 ↓ -93%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.33 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.33 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.33 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -93%
Humana MCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -93%
Humana MCRPPO $18.52 ↓ -93%
Humana PFFS $18.52 ↓ -93%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $18.52 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCR $18.52 ↓ -93%
United CommunityCareNetwork $18.52 ↓ -93%
Celtic MCR $18.89 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $18.89 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $18.89 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.89 ↓ -93%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.82 ↓ -92%
Aetna IVLHIX $25.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna KCCarePlus $26.11 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $26.47 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $28.15 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAccess $28.63 ↓ -89%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $28.63 ↓ -89%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $28.63 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $31.44 ↓ -88%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $32.26 ↓ -88%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $32.76 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $33.27 ↓ -87%
Humana EPO $33.27 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $33.27 ↓ -87%
Humana POS $33.27 ↓ -87%
Humana ASO $33.27 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $34.34 ↓ -87%
Aetna Local $35.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $42.96 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $49.14 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $50.20 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $50.20 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $52.84 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $52.84 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $63.41 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $66.31 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $79.26 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $92.47 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $97.75 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $97.75 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $103.03 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $103.03 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $106.20 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $106.20 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $108.32 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $113.60 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $118.89 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $126.81 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $132.09 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $132.09 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $132.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $134.74 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $140.02 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $158.51 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $171.72 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $171.72 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $171.72 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $171.72 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $195.50 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $198.14 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $211.35 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $211.35 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $211.35 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $235.13 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $243.05 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $264.19 ↑ +0%

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Cystatin c at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.39 – $33.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $62.15 $18.52 – $61.86
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $62.15 $18.52 – $61.86
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $66.00 $18.15 – $32.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $62.15 $18.52 – $61.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $62.15 $18.52 – $61.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $62.15 $18.52 – $61.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $55.55 $16.67 – $33.34

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