Detect agnt mult dna direc 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

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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.

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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.

$22.14 with Cigna vs $101.32 with Aetna — 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 $22.14
Cigna LocalKC $26.69
Cigna Comm $33.22
United KSMGMCD $37.12
HealthyBlue MGMCD $37.86
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $38.23
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.60
Aetna Better Health MCD $38.60
Unicare MGMCD $38.60
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $41.27
BCBS TRICARE $42.00
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $42.00
BCBS MCRPPO $43.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $43.23
BCBS MCRHMO $43.23
Humana MCRHMO $43.67
Humana MCRPPO $43.67
United CommunityCareNetwork $43.67
Optum Transplants OONMCR $43.67
United AllPayerAppendix $43.67
Optum Health MCR $43.67
Devoted Health MGMCR $43.67
Humana PFFS $43.67
Celtic MCR $44.54
United MGMCR $44.54
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $44.54
Wellcare MCR $44.54
Home State Health Plan MCD $44.92
Pyramid Life MCR $46.73
United MOMGMCD $53.82
Humana POS $57.04
Humana PPO $57.04
Humana EPO $57.04
Humana HMO $57.04
Humana ASO $57.04
Aetna IVLHIX $58.96
Aetna KCCarePlus $61.58
Oscar HIX $66.38
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $71.64
Aetna Local $82.54
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $84.50
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $84.50
BCBS BlueAccess $84.50
CorVel Corporation KSWC $85.07
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $87.31
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $88.65
Aetna National $101.32

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Detect agnt mult dna direc at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $22.14 – $88.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $343.20 $42.80 – $85.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $43.67 – $165.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $43.67 – $165.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $43.67 – $165.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $43.67 – $165.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $43.67 – $165.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $39.30 – $78.61

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