Growth hormone antibody 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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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.

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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.

$7.98 with Cigna vs $38.52 with Humana — 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 $7.98
Cigna LocalKC $9.62
Cigna Comm $11.97
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $14.88
BCBS TRICARE $15.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $15.14
BCBS MCRPPO $15.58
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $15.58
BCBS MCRHMO $15.58
United KSMGMCD $15.74
United AllPayerAppendix $15.74
Humana PFFS $15.74
Humana MCRPPO $15.74
Optum Health MCR $15.74
Optum Transplants OONMCR $15.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.74
Humana MCRHMO $15.74
United CommunityCareNetwork $15.74
United MGMCR $16.05
Wellcare MCR $16.05
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $16.05
Celtic MCR $16.05
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.05
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.21
Unicare MGMCD $16.37
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.37
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.37
Pyramid Life MCR $16.84
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.05
Aetna IVLHIX $21.25
Aetna KCCarePlus $22.19
United MOMGMCD $22.82
Oscar HIX $23.92
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $28.03
Aetna Local $29.75
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $30.83
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $30.83
BCBS BlueAccess $30.83
CorVel Corporation KSWC $33.29
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $34.16
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $34.69
Aetna National $36.52
Humana ASO $38.52
Humana POS $38.52
Humana HMO $38.52
Humana EPO $38.52
Humana PPO $38.52

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Growth hormone antibody at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.98 – $38.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $141.35 $15.74 – $64.90
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $141.35 $15.74 – $64.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $141.35 $15.74 – $64.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $141.35 $15.74 – $64.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $141.35 $15.74 – $64.90
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $141.35 $15.74 – $64.90
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $15.43 – $33.61

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