Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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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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.

$3.92 with Cigna vs $331.56 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 $3.92
Cigna LocalKC $4.72
Cigna Comm $5.87
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.31
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.43
BCBS TRICARE $7.43
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $7.65
BCBS MCRHMO $7.65
BCBS MCRPPO $7.65
Optum Transplants OONMCR $7.73
United CommunityCareNetwork $7.73
United KSMGMCD $7.73
United AllPayerAppendix $7.73
Humana PFFS $7.73
Humana MCRPPO $7.73
Humana MCRHMO $7.73
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.73
Optum Health MCR $7.73
Wellcare MCR $7.88
United MGMCR $7.88
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.88
Celtic MCR $7.88
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $7.88
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.96
Unicare MGMCD $8.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.04
Pyramid Life MCR $8.27
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.35
Aetna IVLHIX $10.44
Aetna KCCarePlus $10.90
United MOMGMCD $11.21
Oscar HIX $11.75
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.02
Aetna Local $14.61
BCBS BlueAccess $16.31
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $16.31
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $16.31
CorVel Corporation KSWC $16.64
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.08
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.34
Aetna National $17.93
Humana POS $18.94
Humana HMO $18.94
Humana ASO $18.94
Humana EPO $18.94
Humana PPO $18.94
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $43.10
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $61.67
NHC Advantage MGMCR $63.00
NHC Advantage MGMCD $63.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $66.31
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $79.57
United OptionsPPO $83.22
Universal Healthcare MCR $116.05
BCBS Participating $122.68
BCBS Traditional $122.68
BCBS PC $129.31
BCBS FreedomNetwork $129.31
Coventry WCOMP $133.29
Aetna FHMedicalRental $133.29
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $135.94
College Park Family Care Center COMM $142.57
United GlobalBenefitPlan $149.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $159.15
Cigna LifeSource COMM $165.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $165.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $165.78
Aetna NATIONALNAP $169.10
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $175.73
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $198.94
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $215.51
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $215.51
CorVel Corporation MOWC $215.51
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $215.51
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $245.35
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $248.67
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $265.25
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $265.25
CCO, Inc. COMM $265.25
Optum Health COMM $295.09
Optum Transplant COMM $305.04
Optum Health MCD $331.56

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.92 – $18.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $114.95 $7.73 – $31.90
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $114.95 $7.73 – $31.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $114.95 $7.73 – $31.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $114.95 $7.73 – $31.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $114.95 $7.73 – $31.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $168.85 $6.96 – $13.91
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $115.05 $7.73 – $10.72

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