Hematocrit 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.

$1.20 with Cigna vs $147.53 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 $1.20
Cigna LocalKC $1.45
Cigna Comm $1.80
United KSMGMCD $2.01
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.05
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.07
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.09
Unicare MGMCD $2.09
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.24
BCBS TRICARE $2.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.28
BCBS MCRPPO $2.35
BCBS MCRHMO $2.35
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2.35
Optum Health MCR $2.37
Humana PFFS $2.37
Humana MCRPPO $2.37
Humana MCRHMO $2.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.37
United CommunityCareNetwork $2.37
United AllPayerAppendix $2.37
Optum Transplants OONMCR $2.37
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $2.42
Celtic MCR $2.42
Wellcare MCR $2.42
United MGMCR $2.42
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.43
Pyramid Life MCR $2.54
United MOMGMCD $2.91
Aetna IVLHIX $3.20
Aetna KCCarePlus $3.34
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3.55
BCBS BlueAccess $3.55
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3.55
Oscar HIX $3.60
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4.15
Aetna Local $4.48
CorVel Corporation KSWC $4.93
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $5.06
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $5.14
Aetna National $5.50
Humana PPO $5.79
Humana ASO $5.79
Humana POS $5.79
Humana HMO $5.79
Humana EPO $5.79
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $19.18
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $27.44
NHC Advantage MGMCR $28.03
NHC Advantage MGMCD $28.03
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $29.51
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $35.41
United OptionsPPO $37.03
Universal Healthcare MCR $51.64
BCBS Traditional $54.59
BCBS Participating $54.59
BCBS FreedomNetwork $57.54
BCBS PC $57.54
Coventry WCOMP $59.31
Aetna FHMedicalRental $59.31
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $60.49
College Park Family Care Center COMM $63.44
United GlobalBenefitPlan $66.39
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $70.81
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $73.77
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $73.77
Cigna LifeSource COMM $73.77
Aetna NATIONALNAP $75.24
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $78.19
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $88.52
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $95.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $95.89
CorVel Corporation MOWC $95.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $95.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $109.17
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $110.65
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $118.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $118.02
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $118.02
Optum Health COMM $131.30
Optum Transplant COMM $135.73
Optum Health MCD $147.53

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Hematocrit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.20 – $5.79
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $27.50 $2.37 – $9.79
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $27.50 $2.37 – $9.79
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $27.50 $2.32 – $5.07
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $27.50 $2.37 – $9.79
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $27.50 $2.37 – $9.79
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $27.50 $2.37 – $9.79
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $17.05 $2.13 – $4.27

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