Cytopath tbs c/v redo 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

$729.76

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.

$729.76

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.

$12.91 with United vs $729.76 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
United KSMGMCD $12.91 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.17 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.43 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.43 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $13.43 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.62 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $18.72 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $21.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $22.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $22.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $22.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $25.79 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $25.86 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $25.86 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $25.86 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $25.86 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $25.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $32.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $39.90 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $40.61 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $40.61 ↓ -94%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $41.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $41.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $41.80 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $42.22 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRHMO $42.22 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRPPO $42.22 ↓ -94%
Humana PFFS $42.22 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $42.22 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCR $42.22 ↓ -94%
United CommunityCareNetwork $42.22 ↓ -94%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $42.22 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $43.06 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $43.06 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $43.06 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $43.06 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $45.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $57.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna KCCarePlus $59.53 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $60.74 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $64.17 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $72.12 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $74.02 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $75.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna Local $79.80 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $94.87 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $97.96 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $135.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $138.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $138.65 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $145.95 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $175.14 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $183.17 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $255.42 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $270.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $270.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $284.61 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $284.61 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $293.36 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $293.36 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $299.20 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $313.80 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $328.39 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $350.28 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $364.88 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $364.88 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $364.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $372.18 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $386.77 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $437.86 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $474.34 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $474.34 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $474.34 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $474.34 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $540.02 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $547.32 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $583.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $583.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $583.81 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $649.49 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $671.38 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $729.76 ↑ +0%

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