Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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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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.

$19.80 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $291.26 with United — 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $19.80
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $28.33
NHC Advantage MGMCR $28.94
Oscar HIX $28.94
NHC Advantage MGMCD $28.94
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $30.46
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $36.55
United OptionsPPO $38.23
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $38.84
Aetna IVLHIX $46.60
Cigna LocalKC $46.81
Aetna KCCarePlus $50.11
United KSMGMCD $53.04
Universal Healthcare MCR $53.30
HealthyBlue MGMCD $54.10
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $54.63
Unicare MGMCD $55.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $55.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $55.16
BCBS Traditional $56.35
BCBS Participating $56.35
Cigna Comm $58.27
BCBS FreedomNetwork $59.40
BCBS PC $59.40
Aetna Local $59.85
Coventry WCOMP $61.22
Aetna FHMedicalRental $61.22
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $62.44
Home State Health Plan MCD $64.18
College Park Family Care Center COMM $65.49
United GlobalBenefitPlan $68.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $73.10
Aetna National $73.26
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $76.15
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $76.15
Cigna LifeSource COMM $76.15
United MOMGMCD $76.91
Aetna NATIONALNAP $77.67
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $80.72
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $91.38
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $98.11
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $99.00
CorVel Corporation MOWC $99.00
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $99.00
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $99.00
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $107.95
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $107.95
BCBS BlueAccess $107.95
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $112.70
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $114.22
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $114.22
CorVel Corporation KSWC $116.51
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $119.57
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $121.41
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $121.84
CCO, Inc. COMM $121.84
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $121.84
Optum Health COMM $135.55
Optum Transplant COMM $140.12
Humana HMO $142.13
Humana PPO $142.13
Humana ASO $142.13
Humana POS $142.13
Humana EPO $142.13
Optum Health MCD $152.30
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $271.34
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $38.84 – $142.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $239.25 $94.28 – $430.83
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $239.25 $94.28 – $430.83
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,170.40 $108.25 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $239.25 $94.28 – $291.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $239.25 $94.28 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $239.25 $94.28 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $182.60 $143.58 – $646.24

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