Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$392.90

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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.

$392.90

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.

$4.92 with Cigna vs $392.90 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 $4.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $7.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $9.18 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $9.34 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.61 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $9.71 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.71 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $9.71 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $9.71 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $9.71 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $9.71 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $9.71 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.71 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $9.71 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.90 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $9.90 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $9.90 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $9.90 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.90 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $10.00 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $10.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.10 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.39 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.75 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $13.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.69 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $14.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.59 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $14.59 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.59 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $14.76 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $17.13 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $18.35 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.34 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.87 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $22.52 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $23.75 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $23.75 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $23.75 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $23.75 ↓ -94%
Humana EPO $23.75 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $51.08 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $73.08 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $74.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $74.65 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $78.58 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $94.30 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $98.62 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $137.51 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $145.37 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $145.37 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $153.23 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $153.23 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $157.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $157.95 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $161.09 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $168.95 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $176.81 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $188.59 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $196.45 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $196.45 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $196.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $200.38 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $208.24 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $235.74 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $255.38 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $255.38 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $255.38 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $255.38 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $290.75 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $294.68 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $314.32 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $314.32 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $314.32 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $349.68 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $361.47 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $392.90 ↑ +0%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $123.50 $4.92 – $23.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $39.60 $9.71 – $40.05
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $39.60 $9.71 – $40.05
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $51.70 $9.52 – $20.74
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $39.60 $9.71 – $40.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $39.60 $9.71 – $40.05
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $39.60 $9.71 – $40.05
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $58.30 $8.74 – $17.48

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