Insulin tolerance panel 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

$622.44

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.

$622.44

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.

$52.22 with Cigna vs $622.44 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 $52.22 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalKC $62.93 ↓ -90%
Cigna Comm $78.33 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $80.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $97.34 ↓ -84%
BCBS TRICARE $99.07 ↓ -84%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $99.07 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRHMO $101.97 ↓ -84%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $101.97 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $101.97 ↓ -84%
Humana MCRPPO $103.00 ↓ -83%
Optum Health MCR $103.00 ↓ -83%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $103.00 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $103.00 ↓ -83%
United KSMGMCD $103.00 ↓ -83%
United CommunityCareNetwork $103.00 ↓ -83%
Humana MCRHMO $103.00 ↓ -83%
Humana PFFS $103.00 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MGMCR $103.00 ↓ -83%
United MGMCR $105.06 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $105.06 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MCR $105.06 ↓ -83%
Celtic MCR $105.06 ↓ -83%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $105.06 ↓ -83%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $106.09 ↓ -83%
Unicare MGMCD $107.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health MCD $107.12 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MGMCD $107.12 ↓ -83%
Pyramid Life MCR $110.21 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $115.77 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $118.26 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $118.26 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $124.49 ↓ -80%
Home State Health Plan MCD $124.63 ↓ -80%
Aetna IVLHIX $139.05 ↓ -78%
Aetna KCCarePlus $145.23 ↓ -77%
United MOMGMCD $149.35 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $149.39 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $156.23 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $156.56 ↓ -75%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $183.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna Local $194.67 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueAccess $201.68 ↓ -68%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $201.68 ↓ -68%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $201.68 ↓ -68%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $217.61 ↓ -65%
Universal Healthcare MCR $217.85 ↓ -65%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $223.33 ↓ -64%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $226.77 ↓ -64%
BCBS Participating $230.30 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $230.30 ↓ -63%
Aetna National $238.96 ↓ -62%
BCBS PC $242.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $242.75 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $250.22 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $250.22 ↓ -60%
Humana EPO $252.07 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $252.07 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $252.07 ↓ -60%
Humana POS $252.07 ↓ -60%
Humana ASO $252.07 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $255.20 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $267.65 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $280.10 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $298.77 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $311.22 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $311.22 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $311.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $317.44 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $329.89 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $373.46 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $404.59 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $404.59 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $404.59 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $404.59 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $460.61 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $466.83 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $497.95 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $497.95 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $497.95 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $553.97 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $572.64 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $622.44 ↑ +0%

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Insulin tolerance panel at other Missouri hospitals

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RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $314.75 $52.22 – $252.07
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