Phlebotomy therapeutic 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.

$92.77 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $713.64 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $92.77
United KSMGMCD $102.07
HealthyBlue MGMCD $104.11
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $105.13
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.15
Aetna Better Health MCD $106.15
Unicare MGMCD $106.15
Home State Health Plan MCD $123.50
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $132.74
NHC Advantage MGMCR $135.59
Oscar HIX $135.59
NHC Advantage MGMCD $135.59
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $142.73
United MOMGMCD $148.00
Humana ASO $150.58
Humana HMO $150.58
Humana EPO $150.58
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $157.00
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $171.27
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $176.98
United OptionsPPO $179.12
Humana PPO $189.11
Humana POS $189.11
Cigna LocalKC $210.67
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $214.09
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $214.09
BCBS BlueAccess $214.09
Aetna IVLHIX $218.37
Aetna KCCarePlus $234.79
Universal Healthcare MCR $249.77
Cigna Comm $263.33
BCBS Traditional $264.05
BCBS Participating $264.05
BCBS PC $278.32
BCBS FreedomNetwork $278.32
Aetna Local $280.46
Aetna FHMedicalRental $286.88
Coventry WCOMP $286.88
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $292.59
College Park Family Care Center COMM $306.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $321.14
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $342.55
Aetna National $343.26
Cigna LifeSource COMM $356.82
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $356.82
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $356.82
Aetna NATIONALNAP $363.96
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $378.23
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $428.18
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $463.87
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $463.87
CorVel Corporation MOWC $463.87
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $463.87
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $528.09
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $535.23
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $535.23
CCO, Inc. COMM $570.91
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $570.91
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $570.91
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $570.91
Optum Health COMM $635.14
Optum Transplant COMM $656.55
Optum Health MCD $713.64

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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $104.11 – $148.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $337.70 $101.58 – $159.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $337.70 $101.58 – $159.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $271.15 $116.64 – $236.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $337.70 $101.58 – $101.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $337.70 $101.58 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $337.70 $101.58 – $159.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $303.60 $132.53 – $239.87

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