Histamine 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

$507.65

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.

$507.65

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.

$10.98 with BCBS vs $507.65 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
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.98 ↓ -98%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $14.97 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $18.04 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $22.45 ↓ -96%
United KSMGMCD $25.00 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $25.50 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $25.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.00 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $26.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $27.91 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $28.40 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $28.40 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRHMO $29.23 ↓ -94%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $29.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.23 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRHMO $29.53 ↓ -94%
Humana MCRPPO $29.53 ↓ -94%
Humana PFFS $29.53 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.53 ↓ -94%
Optum Health MCR $29.53 ↓ -94%
United CommunityCareNetwork $29.53 ↓ -94%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $29.53 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.53 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $30.12 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $30.12 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $30.12 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $30.12 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $30.25 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $31.60 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $36.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna IVLHIX $39.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna KCCarePlus $41.64 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $44.89 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $52.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Local $55.81 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $62.26 ↓ -88%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $63.90 ↓ -87%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $64.88 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $65.99 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $68.51 ↓ -87%
Humana ASO $72.27 ↓ -86%
Humana POS $72.27 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $72.27 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $72.27 ↓ -86%
Humana EPO $72.27 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $94.42 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $96.45 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $96.45 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $101.53 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $121.84 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $127.42 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $177.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $187.83 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $187.83 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $197.98 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $197.98 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $204.08 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $204.08 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $208.14 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $218.29 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $228.44 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $243.67 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $253.82 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $253.82 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $253.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $258.90 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $269.05 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $304.59 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $329.97 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $329.97 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $329.97 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $329.97 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $375.66 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $380.74 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $406.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $406.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $406.12 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $451.81 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $467.04 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $507.65 ↑ +0%

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Histamine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $10.98 – $72.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $125.40 $7.41 – $121.78
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $125.40 $7.41 – $121.78
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $243.10 $8.51 – $63.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $125.40 $7.41 – $121.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $125.40 $7.41 – $121.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $125.40 $7.41 – $121.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $183.15 $13.61 – $53.15

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