H pylori (c-13) blood 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

$1,077.75

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.

$1,077.75

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.

$34.15 with Cigna vs $1,077.75 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 $34.15 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $41.15 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $51.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $63.65 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $64.79 ↓ -94%
BCBS TRICARE $64.79 ↓ -94%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $66.69 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $66.69 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $66.69 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCR $67.36 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $67.36 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRHMO $67.36 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRPPO $67.36 ↓ -94%
Humana PFFS $67.36 ↓ -94%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $67.36 ↓ -94%
United CommunityCareNetwork $67.36 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $67.36 ↓ -94%
United KSMGMCD $67.36 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $68.71 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $68.71 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $68.71 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $68.71 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $68.71 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $69.38 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $70.05 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $70.05 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.05 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $72.08 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $81.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna IVLHIX $90.94 ↓ -92%
Aetna KCCarePlus $94.98 ↓ -91%
United MOMGMCD $97.67 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $102.39 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $119.92 ↓ -89%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $123.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAccess $123.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $123.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna Local $127.31 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $140.11 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $141.66 ↓ -87%
Humana ASO $141.66 ↓ -87%
Humana POS $141.66 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $141.66 ↓ -87%
Humana EPO $141.66 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $142.41 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $146.15 ↓ -86%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $148.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna National $156.27 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $200.46 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $204.77 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $204.77 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $215.55 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $258.66 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $270.52 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $377.21 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $398.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $398.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $420.32 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $420.32 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $433.26 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $433.26 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $441.88 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $463.43 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $484.99 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $517.32 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $538.88 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $538.88 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $538.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $549.65 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $571.21 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $646.65 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $700.54 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $700.54 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $700.54 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $700.54 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $797.53 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $808.31 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $862.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $862.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $862.20 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $959.20 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $991.53 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,077.75 ↑ +0%

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H pylori (c-13) blood at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $498.00 $34.15 – $148.40
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $1,099.53 $34.15 – $148.40
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $1,685.21 $34.15 – $148.40
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $735.43 $63.65 – $148.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $67.36 – $277.75
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $67.36 – $277.75
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $66.01 – $143.87
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $67.36 – $277.75

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