Glucose blood quantitative 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

$407.71

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.

$407.71

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.

$1.99 with Cigna vs $407.71 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 $1.99 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $2.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $2.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3.72 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $3.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $3.78 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $3.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $3.89 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $3.93 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $3.93 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $3.93 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $3.93 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $3.93 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $4.01 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $4.05 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $4.09 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.09 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.09 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $4.21 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $5.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $5.54 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $5.70 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $5.97 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $6.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $7.43 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $8.02 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $8.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $8.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $8.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $8.27 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $8.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $9.12 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $9.60 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $9.60 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $9.60 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $9.60 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $9.60 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $53.00 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $75.83 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $77.46 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $77.46 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $81.54 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $97.85 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $102.34 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $142.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $150.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $150.85 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $159.01 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $159.01 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $163.90 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $163.90 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $167.16 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $175.32 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $183.47 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $195.70 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $203.85 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $203.85 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $203.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $207.93 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $216.09 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $244.63 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $265.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $265.01 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $265.01 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $265.01 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $301.71 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $305.78 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $326.17 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $326.17 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $326.17 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $362.86 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $375.09 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $407.71 ↑ +0%

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