Lactic acid at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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Cash price 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 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.
$5.87 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $5.87 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $7.07 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $8.80 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $10.08 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $10.28 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $10.38 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $10.48 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10.48 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $10.48 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $10.93 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $11.13 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $11.13 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $11.45 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $11.45 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $11.45 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $11.57 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $11.57 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $11.57 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $11.57 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $11.57 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $11.57 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $11.57 | — |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $11.57 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $11.80 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $11.80 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $11.80 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $11.80 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $12.20 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $12.38 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $14.62 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $15.62 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $16.32 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $17.59 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $19.21 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $21.87 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $22.50 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $22.50 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $22.50 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $22.81 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $23.41 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $23.77 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $26.14 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $26.14 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $26.14 | — |
| Humana | POS | $26.14 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $26.14 | — |
| Aetna | National | $26.85 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $44.96 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $64.33 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $65.71 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $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 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lactic acid at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $5.87 – $26.14 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $183.15 | $11.57 – $44.05 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $183.15 | $11.57 – $44.05 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $88.00 | $11.34 – $22.82 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $183.15 | $11.57 – $44.05 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $183.15 | $11.57 – $44.05 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $183.15 | $11.57 – $44.05 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $51.70 | $10.41 – $20.83 |