Metabolic panel ionized ca 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

$198.85

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.

$198.85

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.

$6.96 with Cigna vs $198.85 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 $6.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $8.38 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $10.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.98 ↓ -93%
BCBS TRICARE $13.21 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $13.21 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRHMO $13.59 ↓ -93%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $13.59 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.73 ↓ -93%
Humana MCRHMO $13.73 ↓ -93%
Humana MCRPPO $13.73 ↓ -93%
Humana PFFS $13.73 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.73 ↓ -93%
Optum Health MCR $13.73 ↓ -93%
United KSMGMCD $13.73 ↓ -93%
United CommunityCareNetwork $13.73 ↓ -93%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $13.73 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $14.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $14.00 ↓ -93%
Celtic MCR $14.00 ↓ -93%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $14.00 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $14.00 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $14.14 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $14.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.28 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.28 ↓ -93%
Pyramid Life MCR $14.69 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $16.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna IVLHIX $17.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.54 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $19.73 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $19.91 ↓ -90%
Humana POS $20.71 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $20.71 ↓ -90%
Humana EPO $20.71 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $20.71 ↓ -90%
Humana ASO $20.71 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $20.87 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $23.43 ↓ -88%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $24.04 ↓ -88%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $24.41 ↓ -88%
Aetna Local $24.85 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $25.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $30.50 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $36.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $37.78 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $37.78 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $39.77 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $47.72 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $49.91 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $59.66 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $59.66 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $59.66 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $69.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $73.57 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $73.57 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $77.55 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $77.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $79.94 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $79.94 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $81.53 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $85.51 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $89.48 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $95.45 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $99.42 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $99.42 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $99.42 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $101.41 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $105.39 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $119.31 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $129.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $129.25 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $129.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $129.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $147.15 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $149.14 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $159.08 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $159.08 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $159.08 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $176.98 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $182.94 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $198.85 ↑ +0%

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Metabolic panel ionized ca at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.96 – $24.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $89.10 $12.02 – $45.86
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $89.10 $12.02 – $45.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $89.10 $12.02 – $45.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $89.10 $12.02 – $45.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $89.10 $12.02 – $45.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $67.65 $12.36 – $24.71
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $150.80 $13.73 – $19.03

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