Ghs urine, hydroxproline total 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

$535.17

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.

$535.17

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.

$12.32 with Cigna vs $535.17 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 $12.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $14.85 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $18.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $22.96 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $23.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS TRICARE $23.37 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $24.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $24.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRHMO $24.06 ↓ -96%
Optum Health MCR $24.30 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.30 ↓ -95%
Humana MCRHMO $24.30 ↓ -95%
Humana MCRPPO $24.30 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $24.30 ↓ -95%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $24.30 ↓ -95%
United CommunityCareNetwork $24.30 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.30 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $24.79 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $24.79 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $24.79 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $24.79 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $26.00 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $29.12 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $29.70 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $29.99 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $30.28 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $30.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $32.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $34.27 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $35.24 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $36.94 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $42.22 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $43.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna Local $45.93 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $51.17 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $51.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $51.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $51.21 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $52.51 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $53.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $56.38 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $59.49 ↓ -89%
Humana ASO $59.49 ↓ -89%
Humana POS $59.49 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $59.49 ↓ -89%
Humana EPO $59.49 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $69.57 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $99.54 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $101.68 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $101.68 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $107.03 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $128.44 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $134.33 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $187.31 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $198.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $198.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $208.72 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $208.72 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $215.14 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $215.14 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $219.42 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $230.12 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $240.83 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $256.88 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $267.58 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $267.58 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $267.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $272.94 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $283.64 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $321.10 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $347.86 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $347.86 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $347.86 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $347.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $396.03 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $401.38 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $428.14 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $428.14 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $428.14 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $476.30 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $492.36 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $535.17 ↑ +0%

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Ghs urine, hydroxproline total at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $267.00 $12.32 – $59.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $85.80 $24.30 – $100.23
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $85.80 $24.30 – $100.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $85.80 $24.30 – $100.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $85.80 $24.30 – $100.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $85.80 $24.30 – $100.23
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $85.80 $24.30 – $100.23
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $521.94 $12.32 – $53.32

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