Osmolality urine 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.

$3.46 with Cigna vs $282.17 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 $3.46
Cigna LocalKC $4.16
Cigna Comm $5.18
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.45
United KSMGMCD $6.46
BCBS TRICARE $6.56
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.56
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.59
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.72
Unicare MGMCD $6.72
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.72
BCBS MCRHMO $6.75
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.75
BCBS MCRPPO $6.75
Optum Health MCR $6.82
Humana MCRHMO $6.82
Humana MCRPPO $6.82
Humana PFFS $6.82
Optum Transplants OONMCR $6.82
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.82
United CommunityCareNetwork $6.82
United AllPayerAppendix $6.82
Wellcare MCR $6.96
Celtic MCR $6.96
United MGMCR $6.96
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.96
Pyramid Life MCR $7.30
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.82
Aetna IVLHIX $9.21
United MOMGMCD $9.37
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.62
Oscar HIX $10.37
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.94
Aetna Local $12.89
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.17
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.36
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.36
BCBS BlueAccess $14.36
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $14.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.77
Aetna National $15.82
Humana PPO $16.68
Humana ASO $16.68
Humana POS $16.68
Humana HMO $16.68
Humana EPO $16.68
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $36.68
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $52.48
NHC Advantage MGMCR $53.61
NHC Advantage MGMCD $53.61
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $56.43
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $67.72
United OptionsPPO $70.82
Universal Healthcare MCR $98.76
BCBS Traditional $104.40
BCBS Participating $104.40
BCBS FreedomNetwork $110.05
BCBS PC $110.05
Coventry WCOMP $113.43
Aetna FHMedicalRental $113.43
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $115.69
College Park Family Care Center COMM $121.33
United GlobalBenefitPlan $126.98
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $135.44
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $141.09
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $141.09
Cigna LifeSource COMM $141.09
Aetna NATIONALNAP $143.91
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $149.55
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $169.30
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $183.41
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $183.41
CorVel Corporation MOWC $183.41
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $183.41
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $208.81
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $211.63
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $225.74
CCO, Inc. COMM $225.74
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $225.74
Optum Health COMM $251.13
Optum Transplant COMM $259.60
Optum Health MCD $282.17

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Osmolality urine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.46 – $16.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $28.05 $6.82 – $28.12
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $28.05 $6.82 – $28.12
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $33.00 $6.68 – $14.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $28.05 $6.82 – $28.12
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $28.05 $6.82 – $28.12
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $28.05 $6.82 – $28.12
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $59.95 $6.14 – $12.28

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