Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$764.14

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.

$764.14

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.

$46.29 with Aetna Coventry vs $764.14 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.29 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -93%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $49.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalKC $60.02 ↓ -92%
United KSMGMCD $66.39 ↓ -91%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $67.72 ↓ -91%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $68.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MCD $69.05 ↓ -91%
Unicare MGMCD $69.05 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $69.05 ↓ -91%
Cigna Comm $74.70 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $80.33 ↓ -89%
United MOMGMCD $96.27 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $99.34 ↓ -87%
Humana EPO $117.42 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $117.42 ↓ -85%
Humana POS $117.42 ↓ -85%
Humana ASO $117.42 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $117.42 ↓ -85%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $119.92 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $142.13 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $142.41 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $145.19 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $145.19 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $145.19 ↓ -81%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $146.15 ↓ -81%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $148.40 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $152.83 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $183.39 ↓ -76%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $186.38 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAccess $186.38 ↓ -76%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $186.38 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $191.80 ↓ -75%
Aetna IVLHIX $233.83 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $251.40 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $267.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $282.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $282.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $298.01 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $298.01 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $300.31 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $307.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $307.18 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $313.30 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $328.58 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $343.86 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $366.79 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $367.55 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $382.07 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $382.07 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $382.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $389.71 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $404.99 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $458.48 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $496.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $496.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $496.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $496.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $565.46 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $573.11 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $573.11 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $611.31 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $611.31 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $611.31 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $680.08 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $703.01 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $764.14 ↑ +0%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $49.80 – $186.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $132.55 $49.76 – $266.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $132.55 $49.76 – $266.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $57.20 $49.76 – $158.87
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $132.55 $49.76 – $266.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $132.55 $49.76 – $266.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $132.55 $49.76 – $266.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $155.65 $44.78 – $93.95

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