Organic acids total quant ea spec 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

$1,383.90

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.

$1,383.90

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.

$11.97 with Cigna vs $1,383.90 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 $11.97 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $14.42 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $17.95 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $20.06 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.46 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.86 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $20.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $22.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $22.70 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $22.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $23.36 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $23.36 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $23.36 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $23.60 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $23.60 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $23.60 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $23.60 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $23.60 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $23.60 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $23.60 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $23.60 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $24.07 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $24.07 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $24.07 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $24.07 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $24.27 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $25.25 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $29.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $31.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $33.27 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $34.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $34.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.69 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $35.87 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $40.28 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $40.28 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $40.69 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $41.76 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $42.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $44.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $54.75 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $179.91 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $257.41 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $262.94 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $262.94 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $276.78 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $332.14 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $347.36 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $484.37 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $512.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $512.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $539.72 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $539.72 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $556.33 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $556.33 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $567.40 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $595.08 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $622.76 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $664.27 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $691.95 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $691.95 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $691.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $705.79 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $733.47 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $830.34 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $899.53 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $899.53 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $899.53 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $899.53 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,024.09 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,037.92 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,107.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,107.12 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,107.12 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,231.67 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,273.19 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,383.90 ↑ +0%

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Organic acids total quant ea spec at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $692.75 $11.97 – $42.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $150.70 $23.38 – $78.82
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $150.70 $23.38 – $78.82
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $292.60 $23.13 – $40.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $150.70 $23.38 – $78.82
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $150.70 $23.38 – $78.82
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $150.70 $23.38 – $78.82
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $323.40 $21.24 – $42.48

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