Immunoglobulin 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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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.

$6.32 with Cigna vs $442.08 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 $6.32
Cigna LocalKC $7.61
Cigna Comm $9.48
United KSMGMCD $10.59
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.80
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $10.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.01
Unicare MGMCD $11.01
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.77
BCBS TRICARE $11.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.98
BCBS MCRPPO $12.34
BCBS MCRHMO $12.34
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $12.34
Optum Health MCR $12.46
Humana PFFS $12.46
Humana MCRPPO $12.46
Humana MCRHMO $12.46
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.46
United CommunityCareNetwork $12.46
United AllPayerAppendix $12.46
Optum Transplants OONMCR $12.46
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $12.71
Celtic MCR $12.71
Wellcare MCR $12.71
United MGMCR $12.71
Home State Health Plan MCD $12.81
Pyramid Life MCR $13.33
United MOMGMCD $15.36
Aetna IVLHIX $16.82
Aetna KCCarePlus $17.57
Oscar HIX $18.94
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $22.32
Aetna Local $23.55
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $26.24
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $26.24
BCBS BlueAccess $26.24
CorVel Corporation KSWC $26.50
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $27.20
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $27.62
Aetna National $28.91
Humana PPO $30.48
Humana ASO $30.48
Humana POS $30.48
Humana HMO $30.48
Humana EPO $30.48
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $57.47
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $82.23
NHC Advantage MGMCR $84.00
NHC Advantage MGMCD $84.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $88.42
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $106.10
United OptionsPPO $110.96
Universal Healthcare MCR $154.73
BCBS Traditional $163.57
BCBS Participating $163.57
BCBS FreedomNetwork $172.41
BCBS PC $172.41
Coventry WCOMP $177.72
Aetna FHMedicalRental $177.72
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $181.25
College Park Family Care Center COMM $190.09
United GlobalBenefitPlan $198.94
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $212.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $221.04
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $221.04
Cigna LifeSource COMM $221.04
Aetna NATIONALNAP $225.46
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $234.30
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $265.25
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $287.35
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $287.35
CorVel Corporation MOWC $287.35
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $287.35
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $327.14
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $331.56
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $353.66
CCO, Inc. COMM $353.66
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $353.66
Optum Health COMM $393.45
Optum Transplant COMM $406.71
Optum Health MCD $442.08

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Immunoglobulin assay at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.32 – $30.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $156.75 $12.46 – $51.37
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $156.75 $12.46 – $51.37
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $34.10 $12.21 – $26.61
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $156.75 $12.46 – $51.37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $156.75 $12.46 – $51.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $156.75 $12.46 – $51.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $112.20 $11.21 – $22.43

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