External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$755.15

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.

$755.15

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.

$59.51 with Humana vs $755.15 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
Humana PPO $59.51 ↓ -92%
Humana ASO $59.51 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $59.51 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $59.51 ↓ -92%
Humana POS $59.51 ↓ -92%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $72.88 ↓ -90%
Cigna LocalKC $87.83 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $98.17 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $109.32 ↓ -86%
United KSMGMCD $122.19 ↓ -84%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $124.63 ↓ -83%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $125.86 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MGMCD $127.08 ↓ -83%
Unicare MGMCD $127.08 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health MCD $127.08 ↓ -83%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $135.85 ↓ -82%
BCBS TRICARE $138.26 ↓ -82%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $138.26 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $140.46 ↓ -81%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $142.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCRHMO $142.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCRPPO $142.31 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $143.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $143.48 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $143.75 ↓ -81%
Optum Health MCR $143.75 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health MGMCR $143.75 ↓ -81%
Humana MCRHMO $143.75 ↓ -81%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $143.75 ↓ -81%
United CommunityCareNetwork $143.75 ↓ -81%
Humana PFFS $143.75 ↓ -81%
Humana MCRPPO $143.75 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $146.63 ↓ -81%
United MGMCR $146.63 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MCR $146.63 ↓ -81%
Celtic MCR $146.63 ↓ -81%
Home State Health Plan MCD $147.85 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $151.03 ↓ -80%
Pyramid Life MCR $153.81 ↓ -80%
United MOMGMCD $177.18 ↓ -77%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $181.24 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $189.54 ↓ -75%
Aetna IVLHIX $194.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna KCCarePlus $202.69 ↓ -73%
Oscar HIX $218.50 ↓ -71%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $224.78 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $264.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $266.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueAccess $266.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $266.06 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $266.92 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $271.69 ↓ -64%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $273.95 ↓ -64%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $278.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $279.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $279.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $294.51 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $294.51 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $303.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $303.57 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $309.61 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $324.71 ↓ -57%
Aetna National $333.50 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $339.82 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $362.47 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $377.57 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $377.57 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $377.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $385.13 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $400.23 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $453.09 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $490.85 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $490.85 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $490.85 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $490.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $558.81 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $566.36 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $604.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $604.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $604.12 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $672.08 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $694.74 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $755.15 ↑ +0%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $59.51 – $278.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $344.30 $143.75 – $520.81
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $344.30 $143.75 – $520.81
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $624.25 $140.88 – $269.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $344.30 $143.75 – $520.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $344.30 $143.75 – $520.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $344.30 $143.75 – $520.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,178.65 $129.38 – $258.75

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