#fecal-sodium 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.

$2.46 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 $2.46
Cigna LocalKC $2.97
Cigna Comm $3.70
United KSMGMCD $4.20
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.28
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.33
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.37
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.37
Unicare MGMCD $4.37
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.59
BCBS TRICARE $4.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.67
BCBS MCRPPO $4.81
BCBS MCRHMO $4.81
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.81
Optum Health MCR $4.86
Humana PFFS $4.86
Humana MCRPPO $4.86
Humana MCRHMO $4.86
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.86
United CommunityCareNetwork $4.86
United AllPayerAppendix $4.86
Optum Transplants OONMCR $4.86
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $4.96
Celtic MCR $4.96
Wellcare MCR $4.96
United MGMCR $4.96
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.08
Pyramid Life MCR $5.20
United MOMGMCD $6.09
Aetna IVLHIX $6.56
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.86
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $7.28
BCBS BlueAccess $7.28
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $7.28
Oscar HIX $7.39
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.82
Aetna Local $9.19
CorVel Corporation KSWC $10.48
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.75
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.92
Aetna National $11.28
Humana PPO $11.91
Humana ASO $11.91
Humana POS $11.91
Humana HMO $11.91
Humana EPO $11.91
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $51.08
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $73.08
NHC Advantage MGMCR $74.65
NHC Advantage MGMCD $74.65
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $78.58
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $94.30
United OptionsPPO $98.62
Universal Healthcare MCR $137.51
BCBS Traditional $145.37
BCBS Participating $145.37
BCBS FreedomNetwork $153.23
BCBS PC $153.23
Coventry WCOMP $157.95
Aetna FHMedicalRental $157.95
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $161.09
College Park Family Care Center COMM $168.95
United GlobalBenefitPlan $176.81
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $188.59
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $196.45
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $196.45
Cigna LifeSource COMM $196.45
Aetna NATIONALNAP $200.38
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $208.24
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $235.74
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $255.38
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $255.38
CorVel Corporation MOWC $255.38
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $255.38
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $290.75
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $294.68
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $314.32
CCO, Inc. COMM $314.32
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $314.32
Optum Health COMM $349.68
Optum Transplant COMM $361.47
Optum Health MCD $392.90

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#fecal-sodium at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.46 – $11.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $29.15 $4.86 – $20.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $29.15 $4.86 – $20.04
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $49.50 $4.76 – $10.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $29.15 $4.86 – $20.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $29.15 $4.86 – $20.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $29.15 $4.86 – $20.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $268.40 $4.37 – $8.75

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →