Cystine urine quantitative 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

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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.

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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.

$11.65 with Cigna vs $615.01 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 $11.65
Cigna LocalKC $14.04
Cigna Comm $17.48
United KSMGMCD $19.81
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.21
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.40
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.60
Unicare MGMCD $20.60
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $21.71
BCBS TRICARE $22.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $22.10
BCBS MCRPPO $22.75
BCBS MCRHMO $22.75
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $22.75
Optum Health MCR $22.98
Humana PFFS $22.98
Humana MCRPPO $22.98
Humana MCRHMO $22.98
Devoted Health MGMCR $22.98
United CommunityCareNetwork $22.98
United AllPayerAppendix $22.98
Optum Transplants OONMCR $22.98
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $23.44
Celtic MCR $23.44
Wellcare MCR $23.44
United MGMCR $23.44
Home State Health Plan MCD $23.97
Pyramid Life MCR $24.59
United MOMGMCD $28.72
Aetna IVLHIX $31.02
Aetna KCCarePlus $32.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $33.22
Oscar HIX $34.93
BCBS BlueAccess $35.53
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $35.53
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $35.53
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.45
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.49
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $41.11
Humana EPO $41.28
Humana PPO $41.28
Humana ASO $41.28
Humana HMO $41.28
Humana POS $41.28
Aetna Local $43.43
Aetna National $53.31
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $79.95
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $114.39
NHC Advantage MGMCD $116.85
NHC Advantage MGMCR $116.85
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $123.00
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $147.60
United OptionsPPO $154.37
Universal Healthcare MCR $215.25
BCBS Traditional $227.55
BCBS Participating $227.55
BCBS FreedomNetwork $239.85
BCBS PC $239.85
Coventry WCOMP $247.23
Aetna FHMedicalRental $247.23
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $252.15
College Park Family Care Center COMM $264.45
United GlobalBenefitPlan $276.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $295.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $307.50
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $307.50
Cigna LifeSource COMM $307.50
Aetna NATIONALNAP $313.66
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $325.96
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $369.01
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $399.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $399.76
CorVel Corporation MOWC $399.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $399.76
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $455.11
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $461.26
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $492.01
CCO, Inc. COMM $492.01
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $492.01
Optum Health COMM $547.36
Optum Transplant COMM $565.81
Optum Health MCD $615.01

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Cystine urine quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $388.50 $11.65 – $41.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $120.45 $22.98 – $76.75
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $120.45 $22.98 – $76.75
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $59.95 $22.52 – $39.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $120.45 $22.98 – $76.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $120.45 $22.98 – $76.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $120.45 $22.98 – $76.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $205.15 $20.68 – $41.36

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