Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$863.58

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.

$863.58

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.

$6.80 with Cigna vs $863.58 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 $6.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $8.20 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $10.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.68 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $12.91 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $12.91 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $13.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.29 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $13.42 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.42 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $13.42 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $13.42 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $13.42 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $13.42 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $13.42 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.42 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $13.42 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.69 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $13.69 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $13.69 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $13.69 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $13.69 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.82 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $13.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.96 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $14.36 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $16.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $18.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.92 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $19.46 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $20.40 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $21.28 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.27 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $25.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $25.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $25.36 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $25.94 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $26.33 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $29.35 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $29.35 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $29.35 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $29.35 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $29.35 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $31.13 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $112.27 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $160.63 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $164.08 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $164.08 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $172.72 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $207.26 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $216.76 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $302.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $319.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $319.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $336.80 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $336.80 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $347.16 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $347.16 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $354.07 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $371.34 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $388.61 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $414.52 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $431.79 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $431.79 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $431.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $440.43 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $457.70 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $518.15 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $561.33 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $561.33 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $561.33 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $561.33 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $639.05 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $647.68 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $690.86 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $690.86 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $690.86 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $768.59 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $794.49 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $863.58 ↑ +0%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $432.50 $6.80 – $29.35
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $157.85 $12.08 – $24.16
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $79.95 $12.87 – $18.60
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $118.95 $13.42 – $18.60
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $143.00 $11.94 – $49.69
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $252.20 $10.23 – $70.67
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $451.79 $6.80 – $26.33
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $512.94 $12.68 – $26.33

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