Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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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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.

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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.

$4.14 with Cigna vs $345.86 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 $4.14
Cigna LocalKC $4.99
Cigna Comm $6.21
United KSMGMCD $6.94
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.08
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.15
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.22
Unicare MGMCD $7.22
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.72
BCBS TRICARE $7.86
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.86
BCBS MCRPPO $8.09
BCBS MCRHMO $8.09
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.09
Optum Health MCR $8.17
Humana PFFS $8.17
Humana MCRPPO $8.17
Humana MCRHMO $8.17
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.17
United CommunityCareNetwork $8.17
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17
Optum Transplants OONMCR $8.17
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $8.33
Celtic MCR $8.33
Wellcare MCR $8.33
United MGMCR $8.33
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.40
Pyramid Life MCR $8.74
United MOMGMCD $10.06
Aetna IVLHIX $11.03
Aetna KCCarePlus $11.52
Oscar HIX $12.42
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.54
Aetna Local $15.44
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.23
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.23
BCBS BlueAccess $17.23
CorVel Corporation KSWC $17.26
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.72
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.99
Aetna National $18.95
Humana PPO $20.00
Humana ASO $20.00
Humana POS $20.00
Humana HMO $20.00
Humana EPO $20.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $44.96
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $64.33
NHC Advantage MGMCR $65.71
NHC Advantage MGMCD $65.71
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $69.17
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $83.01
United OptionsPPO $86.81
Universal Healthcare MCR $121.05
BCBS Traditional $127.97
BCBS Participating $127.97
BCBS FreedomNetwork $134.89
BCBS PC $134.89
Coventry WCOMP $139.04
Aetna FHMedicalRental $139.04
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $141.80
College Park Family Care Center COMM $148.72
United GlobalBenefitPlan $155.64
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $166.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $172.93
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $172.93
Cigna LifeSource COMM $172.93
Aetna NATIONALNAP $176.39
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $183.31
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $207.52
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $224.81
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $224.81
CorVel Corporation MOWC $224.81
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $224.81
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $255.94
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $259.39
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $276.69
CCO, Inc. COMM $276.69
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $276.69
Optum Health COMM $307.82
Optum Transplant COMM $318.19
Optum Health MCD $345.86

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $4.14 – $20.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $41.80 $8.17 – $33.70
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $41.80 $8.17 – $33.70
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $60.50 $8.01 – $17.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $41.80 $8.17 – $33.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $41.80 $8.17 – $33.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $41.80 $8.17 – $33.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $61.05 $7.35 – $14.71

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