Hcg 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

$613.43

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.

$613.43

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.

$7.63 with Cigna vs $613.43 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 $7.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $9.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.52 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $11.44 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $12.79 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.05 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.17 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.30 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $13.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $14.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $14.48 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $14.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.90 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $14.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.90 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $15.05 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $15.05 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $15.05 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.05 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $15.05 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $15.05 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $15.05 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $15.35 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $15.35 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $15.35 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $15.35 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.48 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $16.10 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $18.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $20.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $21.22 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $22.88 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $26.99 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $28.44 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $32.05 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $32.90 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $33.40 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $34.91 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $36.85 ↓ -94%
Humana EPO $36.85 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $36.85 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $36.85 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $36.85 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $79.75 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $114.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $116.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $116.55 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $122.69 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $147.22 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $153.97 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $214.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $226.97 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $226.97 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $239.24 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $239.24 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $246.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $246.60 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $251.51 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $263.77 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $276.04 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $294.45 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $306.71 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $306.71 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $306.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $312.85 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $325.12 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $368.06 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $398.73 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $398.73 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $398.73 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $398.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $453.94 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $460.07 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $490.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $490.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $490.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $545.95 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $564.36 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $613.43 ↑ +0%

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