Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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.

$13.82 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $106.29 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $13.82
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $18.90
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $19.77
NHC Advantage MGMCD $20.20
NHC Advantage MGMCR $20.20
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $21.26
Cigna LocalKC $22.78
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $25.51
United OptionsPPO $26.68
Cigna Comm $28.35
BCBS BlueAccess $31.89
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $31.89
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $31.89
United KSMGMCD $34.26
HealthyBlue MGMCD $34.95
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $35.22
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $35.29
Unicare MGMCD $35.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.63
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $35.85
BCBS TRICARE $35.85
BCBS MCRHMO $36.90
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $36.90
BCBS MCRPPO $36.90
Universal Healthcare MCR $37.20
Humana MCRPPO $37.27
Humana PFFS $37.27
Devoted Health MGMCR $37.27
United CommunityCareNetwork $37.27
Optum Health MCR $37.27
Humana MCRHMO $37.27
United AllPayerAppendix $37.27
Optum Transplants OONMCR $37.27
Wellcare MCR $38.02
Celtic MCR $38.02
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $38.02
United MGMCR $38.02
BCBS Traditional $39.33
BCBS Participating $39.33
Pyramid Life MCR $39.88
Home State Health Plan MCD $41.45
BCBS FreedomNetwork $41.45
BCBS PC $41.45
Aetna FHMedicalRental $42.73
Coventry WCOMP $42.73
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $43.58
College Park Family Care Center COMM $45.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $47.83
United MOMGMCD $49.68
Aetna IVLHIX $50.31
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $51.02
Aetna KCCarePlus $52.55
Cigna LifeSource COMM $53.15
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $53.15
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $53.15
Aetna NATIONALNAP $54.21
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $56.33
Oscar HIX $56.65
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $62.30
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $63.77
Humana POS $68.85
Humana EPO $68.85
Humana HMO $68.85
Humana PPO $68.85
Humana ASO $68.85
CorVel Corporation MOWC $69.09
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $69.09
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $69.09
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $69.09
Aetna Local $70.44
CorVel Corporation KSWC $73.98
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $75.92
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $77.09
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $78.65
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $79.72
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $85.03
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $85.03
CCO, Inc. COMM $85.03
Aetna National $86.47
Optum Health COMM $94.60
Optum Transplant COMM $97.79
Optum Health MCD $106.29

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $18.90 – $77.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $112.75 $37.27 – $144.72
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $112.75 $37.27 – $144.72
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $198.00 $36.52 – $74.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $112.75 $37.27 – $144.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $112.75 $37.27 – $144.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $112.75 $37.27 – $144.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $190.85 $33.54 – $67.09

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