Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$997.38

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.

$997.38

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.

$7.29 with Cigna vs $997.38 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 $7.29 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $8.79 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $10.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $13.59 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $13.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $13.83 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $14.24 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.24 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.24 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $14.38 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.38 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $14.38 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $14.38 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $14.38 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $14.38 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $14.38 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.38 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $14.38 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $14.67 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $14.67 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $14.67 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $14.67 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $14.67 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $14.81 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $14.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.96 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.96 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $15.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $15.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $15.76 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $17.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $19.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $20.28 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $20.85 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $21.86 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $25.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $27.18 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.21 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.00 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $31.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $33.36 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $35.20 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $35.20 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $35.20 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $35.20 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $35.20 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $129.66 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $185.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $189.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $189.50 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $199.48 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $239.37 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $250.34 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $349.08 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $369.03 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $369.03 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $388.98 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $388.98 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $400.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $400.95 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $408.93 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $428.87 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $448.82 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $478.74 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $498.69 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $498.69 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $498.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $508.66 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $528.61 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $598.43 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $648.30 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $648.30 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $648.30 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $648.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $738.06 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $748.03 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $797.90 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $797.90 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $797.90 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $887.67 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $917.59 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $997.38 ↑ +0%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $498.00 $7.29 – $35.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $77.55 $10.62 – $59.32
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $77.55 $10.62 – $59.32
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $83.60 $12.19 – $30.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $77.55 $10.62 – $59.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $77.55 $10.62 – $59.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $77.55 $10.62 – $59.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $103.40 $12.94 – $25.88

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