Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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.

$6.68 with Cigna vs $179.27 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 $6.68
Cigna LocalKC $8.06
Cigna Comm $10.03
United KSMGMCD $11.21
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.43
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.55
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.66
Unicare MGMCD $11.66
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.46
BCBS TRICARE $12.69
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $12.69
BCBS MCRPPO $13.06
BCBS MCRHMO $13.06
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $13.06
Optum Health MCR $13.19
Humana PFFS $13.19
Humana MCRPPO $13.19
Humana MCRHMO $13.19
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.19
United CommunityCareNetwork $13.19
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19
Optum Transplants OONMCR $13.19
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $13.45
Celtic MCR $13.45
Wellcare MCR $13.45
United MGMCR $13.45
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.56
Pyramid Life MCR $14.11
United MOMGMCD $16.25
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.72
BCBS BlueAccess $17.72
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.72
Aetna IVLHIX $17.81
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.60
Oscar HIX $20.05
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $23.31
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $23.36
Aetna Local $24.93
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.74
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $28.47
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.91
Aetna National $30.60
Humana PPO $32.28
Humana HMO $32.28
Humana EPO $32.28
Humana ASO $32.28
Humana POS $32.28
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $33.34
NHC Advantage MGMCD $34.06
NHC Advantage MGMCR $34.06
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $35.85
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $43.02
United OptionsPPO $45.00
Universal Healthcare MCR $62.74
BCBS Traditional $66.33
BCBS Participating $66.33
BCBS FreedomNetwork $69.92
BCBS PC $69.92
Coventry WCOMP $72.07
Aetna FHMedicalRental $72.07
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $73.50
College Park Family Care Center COMM $77.09
United GlobalBenefitPlan $80.67
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $86.05
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $89.64
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $89.64
Cigna LifeSource COMM $89.64
Aetna NATIONALNAP $91.43
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $95.01
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $107.56
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $116.53
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $116.53
CorVel Corporation MOWC $116.53
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $116.53
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $132.66
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $134.45
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $143.42
CCO, Inc. COMM $143.42
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $143.42
Optum Health COMM $159.55
Optum Transplant COMM $164.93
Optum Health MCD $179.27

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Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $23.10 $11.96 – $54.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $23.10 $11.96 – $54.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $60.50 $12.93 – $28.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $23.10 $11.96 – $54.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $23.10 $11.96 – $54.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $23.10 $11.96 – $54.38
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $45.50 $11.21 – $18.28
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $52.65 $11.92 – $18.28

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