Drug test prsmv instrmnt 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

$1,777.97

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.

$1,777.97

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.

$8.69 with Cigna vs $1,777.97 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 $8.69 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $10.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $13.03 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $15.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.20 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.26 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.42 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.49 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $16.49 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $16.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.58 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.97 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.97 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.97 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $17.14 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $17.14 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $17.14 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $17.14 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.14 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.14 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.14 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.14 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $17.48 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $17.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $17.48 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $17.48 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $18.34 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.29 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $23.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $23.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $24.16 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $26.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna Local $32.39 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $39.76 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $231.14 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $330.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $337.81 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $337.81 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $355.59 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $375.15 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $375.15 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $375.15 ↓ -79%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $426.71 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $446.27 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $471.16 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $471.16 ↓ -74%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $533.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $533.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $533.39 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $622.29 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $657.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $657.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $693.41 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $693.41 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $714.74 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $714.74 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $728.97 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $764.53 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $800.09 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $853.43 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $888.99 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $888.99 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $888.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $906.76 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $942.32 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,066.78 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,155.68 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,155.68 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,155.68 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,155.68 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,315.70 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,333.48 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,422.38 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,422.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,422.38 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,422.38 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,582.39 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,635.73 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,777.97 ↑ +0%

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Drug test prsmv instrmnt at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $8.69 – $26.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $90.75 $17.14 – $59.99
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $90.75 $17.14 – $59.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $90.75 $17.14 – $59.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $90.75 $17.14 – $59.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $90.75 $17.14 – $59.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $112.20 $15.43 – $30.85
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $107.25 $15.94 – $28.28

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