Immune complex assay 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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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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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.

$12.36 with Cigna vs $831.83 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

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 $12.36
Cigna LocalKC $14.89
Cigna Comm $18.53
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.03
BCBS TRICARE $23.44
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $23.44
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $24.13
BCBS MCRPPO $24.13
BCBS MCRHMO $24.13
United AllPayerAppendix $24.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.37
Humana MCRHMO $24.37
Humana MCRPPO $24.37
Humana PFFS $24.37
Optum Transplants OONMCR $24.37
Optum Health MCR $24.37
United CommunityCareNetwork $24.37
Celtic MCR $24.86
Wellcare MCR $24.86
United MGMCR $24.86
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $24.86
Pyramid Life MCR $26.08
Aetna IVLHIX $32.90
Aetna KCCarePlus $34.36
Oscar HIX $37.04
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $43.61
Aetna Local $46.06
BCBS BlueAccess $51.34
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $51.34
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $51.34
CorVel Corporation KSWC $51.78
Humana ASO $52.29
Humana PPO $52.29
Humana EPO $52.29
Humana HMO $52.29
Humana POS $52.29
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $53.15
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $53.96
Aetna National $56.54
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $108.14
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $154.72
NHC Advantage MGMCR $158.05
NHC Advantage MGMCD $158.05
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $166.37
HealthyBlue MGMCD $166.37
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $199.64
United OptionsPPO $208.79
Aetna Better Health MCD $249.55
Universal Healthcare MCR $291.14
BCBS Participating $307.78
BCBS Traditional $307.78
BCBS FreedomNetwork $324.41
BCBS PC $324.41
Aetna FHMedicalRental $334.40
Coventry WCOMP $334.40
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $341.05
College Park Family Care Center COMM $357.69
United GlobalBenefitPlan $374.32
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $399.28
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $415.92
Cigna LifeSource COMM $415.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $415.92
Aetna NATIONALNAP $424.23
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $440.87
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $499.10
CorVel Corporation MOWC $540.69
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $540.69
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $540.69
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $540.69
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $615.55
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $623.87
CCO, Inc. COMM $665.46
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $665.46
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $665.46
Optum Health COMM $740.33
Optum Transplant COMM $765.28
Optum Health MCD $831.83

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Immune complex assay at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $12.36 – $53.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $61.05 $24.37 – $100.50
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $61.05 $24.37 – $100.50
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $63.80 $23.88 – $52.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $61.05 $24.37 – $100.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $61.05 $24.37 – $100.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $61.05 $24.37 – $100.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $85.25 $21.93 – $43.87

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