Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review 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

$245.55

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.

$245.55

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.

$13.49 with Cigna vs $245.55 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 $13.49 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $16.26 ↓ -93%
Cigna Comm $20.24 ↓ -92%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $25.15 ↓ -90%
BCBS TRICARE $25.59 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $25.59 ↓ -90%
United KSMGMCD $25.70 ↓ -90%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $26.21 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRHMO $26.34 ↓ -89%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $26.34 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $26.34 ↓ -89%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $26.47 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCR $26.61 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $26.61 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.61 ↓ -89%
Humana MCRHMO $26.61 ↓ -89%
Humana MCRPPO $26.61 ↓ -89%
Humana PFFS $26.61 ↓ -89%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $26.61 ↓ -89%
United CommunityCareNetwork $26.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.73 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.73 ↓ -89%
Unicare MGMCD $26.73 ↓ -89%
United MGMCR $27.14 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MCR $27.14 ↓ -89%
Celtic MCR $27.14 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $27.14 ↓ -89%
Pyramid Life MCR $28.47 ↓ -88%
Home State Health Plan MCD $31.10 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $31.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna IVLHIX $35.92 ↓ -85%
United MOMGMCD $37.27 ↓ -85%
Aetna KCCarePlus $37.52 ↓ -85%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $38.75 ↓ -84%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $38.75 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueAccess $38.75 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $40.45 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $45.67 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $46.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $46.65 ↓ -81%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $47.24 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $49.11 ↓ -80%
Aetna Local $50.29 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $53.54 ↓ -78%
Humana POS $53.54 ↓ -78%
Humana HMO $53.54 ↓ -78%
Humana EPO $53.54 ↓ -78%
Humana PPO $53.54 ↓ -78%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $56.10 ↓ -77%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $57.57 ↓ -77%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $58.46 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $58.93 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $61.63 ↓ -75%
Aetna National $61.73 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $85.94 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $90.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $90.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $95.76 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $95.76 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $98.71 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $98.71 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $100.68 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $105.59 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $110.50 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $117.86 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $122.78 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $122.78 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $122.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $125.23 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $130.14 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $147.33 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $159.61 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $159.61 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $159.61 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $159.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $181.71 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $184.16 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $196.44 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $196.44 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $196.44 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $218.54 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $225.91 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $245.55 ↑ +0%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $13.49 – $58.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $62.70 $26.15 – $109.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $62.70 $26.15 – $109.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $31.90 $26.08 – $56.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $62.70 $26.15 – $109.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $62.70 $26.15 – $109.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $62.70 $26.15 – $109.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $85.80 $23.95 – $47.90

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