Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site 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

$44.41

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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.

$44.41

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.

$4.15 with Cigna vs $45.10 with BCBS — 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 $4.15 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalKC $5.00 ↓ -89%
United KSMGMCD $5.45 ↓ -88%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.56 ↓ -87%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.61 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.67 ↓ -87%
Unicare MGMCD $5.67 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.67 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $5.77 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $6.22 ↓ -86%
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.59 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -83%
United MOMGMCD $7.90 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $8.26 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $8.44 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $8.44 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $8.44 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $8.88 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.77 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $9.77 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $10.66 ↓ -76%
Humana EPO $11.06 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $11.06 ↓ -75%
Humana ASO $11.06 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $11.06 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $11.06 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $11.15 ↓ -75%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.42 ↓ -74%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $13.57 ↓ -69%
Aetna IVLHIX $13.59 ↓ -69%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $13.92 ↓ -69%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna KCCarePlus $14.61 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $15.54 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $16.43 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $16.43 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $17.32 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $17.32 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $17.45 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $17.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $17.85 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $18.21 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $19.10 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.98 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $19.98 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $19.98 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $21.32 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $21.36 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $22.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $22.20 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $22.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $22.65 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $23.54 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $26.65 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $28.87 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $28.87 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $28.87 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $28.87 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $32.86 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $33.31 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $33.31 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $35.53 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $35.53 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $35.53 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $39.52 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $40.86 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $44.41 ↑ +0%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $45.10 ↑ +2%
BCBS BlueAccess $45.10 ↑ +2%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $45.10 ↑ +2%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $20.25 $4.15 – $45.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $51.70 $7.33 – $25.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $51.70 $7.33 – $25.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $123.20 $7.33 – $13.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $51.70 $7.33 – $25.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $51.70 $7.33 – $25.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $51.70 $7.33 – $25.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $74.25 $6.60 – $12.76

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