Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl 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.

$4.15 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 $4.15 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $6.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $7.74 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $7.88 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $8.11 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $8.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $8.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $8.19 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $8.19 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $8.19 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $8.19 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.19 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $8.19 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.35 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $8.35 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $8.35 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $8.35 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $8.35 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.44 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $8.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.52 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.52 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $8.76 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $11.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $11.55 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $11.88 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $12.45 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $15.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $17.25 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $17.26 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.72 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $19.00 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $20.03 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $20.03 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $20.03 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $20.03 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $20.03 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $80.92 ↓ -87%
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%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $149.39 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $156.23 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $217.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $230.30 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $230.30 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $242.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $242.75 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $250.22 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $250.22 ↓ -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%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $311.22 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $311.22 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $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%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $404.59 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $404.59 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $404.59 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $460.61 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $466.83 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $497.95 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $497.95 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $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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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $310.75 $4.15 – $20.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $24.20 $8.19 – $33.80
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $24.20 $8.19 – $33.80
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $44.00 $8.03 – $17.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $24.20 $8.19 – $33.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $24.20 $8.19 – $33.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $24.20 $8.19 – $33.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $47.30 $7.37 – $14.74

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