Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening 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

$557.38

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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.

$557.38

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.

$10.27 with Cigna vs $557.38 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $10.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $12.38 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $15.41 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $17.85 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.21 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.56 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.56 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $18.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.14 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $19.49 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $19.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRHMO $20.06 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.06 ↓ -96%
Optum Health MCR $20.26 ↓ -96%
Humana PFFS $20.26 ↓ -96%
Humana MCRPPO $20.26 ↓ -96%
Humana MCRHMO $20.26 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.26 ↓ -96%
United CommunityCareNetwork $20.26 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.26 ↓ -96%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $20.26 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $20.67 ↓ -96%
Celtic MCR $20.67 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $20.67 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $20.67 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.60 ↓ -96%
Pyramid Life MCR $21.68 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $25.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna IVLHIX $27.35 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $28.57 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $30.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $31.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $31.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $31.82 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $35.82 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $37.20 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $37.20 ↓ -93%
Humana POS $37.20 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $37.20 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $37.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna Local $38.29 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $42.53 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $43.65 ↓ -92%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $44.32 ↓ -92%
Aetna National $47.00 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $72.46 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $103.67 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $105.90 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $105.90 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $111.48 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $133.77 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $139.90 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $195.08 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $206.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $206.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $217.38 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $217.38 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $224.07 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $224.07 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $228.53 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $239.67 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $250.82 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $267.54 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $278.69 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $278.69 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $278.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $284.26 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $295.41 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $334.43 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $362.30 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $362.30 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $362.30 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $362.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $412.46 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $418.04 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $445.90 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $445.90 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $445.90 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $496.07 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $512.79 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $557.38 ↑ +0%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $255.00 $10.27 – $44.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $55.00 $20.26 – $83.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $55.00 $20.26 – $83.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $92.40 $19.85 – $43.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $55.00 $20.26 – $83.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $55.00 $20.26 – $83.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $55.00 $20.26 – $83.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $114.95 $18.23 – $36.47

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