Hemoglobin methemoglobin 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

$445.79

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.

$445.79

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.

$4.16 with Cigna vs $445.79 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 $4.16 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.01 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $6.24 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $6.97 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.11 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.25 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.25 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $7.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $7.89 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.89 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $8.12 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.12 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $8.20 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $8.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $8.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $8.20 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.20 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $8.20 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.20 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $8.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $8.36 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $8.36 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $8.36 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $8.36 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.43 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $8.77 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $10.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $11.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $11.56 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $12.46 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $12.98 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $15.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $15.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $15.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $15.43 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $15.50 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $15.81 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.06 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $17.93 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $17.93 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $17.93 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $17.93 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $17.93 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $19.03 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $57.95 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $82.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $84.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $84.70 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $89.16 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $106.99 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $111.89 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $156.03 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $164.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $164.94 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $173.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $173.86 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $179.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $179.21 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $182.77 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $191.69 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $200.61 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $213.98 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $222.90 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $222.90 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $222.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $227.35 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $236.27 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $267.47 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $289.76 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $289.76 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $289.76 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $289.76 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $329.88 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $334.34 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $356.63 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $356.63 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $356.63 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $396.75 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $410.13 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $445.79 ↑ +0%

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Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $4.16 – $17.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $114.40 $7.38 – $14.76
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $57.20 $6.97 – $11.37

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