Galactose transferase test 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

$147.53

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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.

$147.53

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.

$5.95 with Cigna vs $147.53 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 $5.95 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $7.17 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $8.93 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.20 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.20 ↓ -93%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.10 ↓ -92%
BCBS TRICARE $11.29 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.29 ↓ -92%
United KSMGMCD $11.59 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.62 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.62 ↓ -92%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.62 ↓ -92%
Optum Health MCR $11.74 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.74 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.74 ↓ -92%
Humana MCRHMO $11.74 ↓ -92%
Humana MCRPPO $11.74 ↓ -92%
Humana PFFS $11.74 ↓ -92%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $11.74 ↓ -92%
United CommunityCareNetwork $11.74 ↓ -92%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.82 ↓ -92%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.94 ↓ -92%
Celtic MCR $11.97 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $11.97 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $11.97 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $11.97 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.05 ↓ -92%
Unicare MGMCD $12.05 ↓ -92%
Pyramid Life MCR $12.56 ↓ -91%
Humana PPO $12.76 ↓ -91%
Humana ASO $12.76 ↓ -91%
Humana EPO $12.76 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $12.76 ↓ -91%
Humana POS $12.76 ↓ -91%
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.02 ↓ -90%
Aetna IVLHIX $15.85 ↓ -89%
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.55 ↓ -89%
United MOMGMCD $16.81 ↓ -89%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $17.13 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $17.84 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $19.18 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.34 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.87 ↓ -86%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna Local $22.19 ↓ -85%
Aetna National $27.24 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $27.44 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $28.03 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $28.03 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $29.51 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $35.41 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $37.03 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $51.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $54.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $54.59 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $57.54 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $57.54 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $59.31 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $59.31 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $60.49 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $63.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $66.39 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $70.81 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $73.77 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $73.77 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $73.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $75.24 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $78.19 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $88.52 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $95.89 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $95.89 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $95.89 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $95.89 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $109.17 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $110.65 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $118.02 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $118.02 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $118.02 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $131.30 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $135.73 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $147.53 ↑ +0%

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Galactose transferase test at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $71.50 $5.95 – $21.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $31.35 $11.74 – $39.21
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $31.35 $11.74 – $39.21
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $25.30 $11.51 – $20.31
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $31.35 $11.74 – $39.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $31.35 $11.74 – $39.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $31.35 $11.74 – $39.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $78.10 $10.57 – $21.13

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