Platelet aggregation each agent teg 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.

$12.63 with Cigna vs $517.70 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 $12.63
Cigna LocalKC $15.22
Cigna Comm $18.94
United KSMGMCD $21.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $21.59
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $21.81
Aetna Better Health MCD $22.02
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.02
Unicare MGMCD $22.02
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.54
BCBS TRICARE $23.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $23.96
BCBS MCRPPO $24.66
BCBS MCRHMO $24.66
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $24.66
Optum Health MCR $24.91
Humana PFFS $24.91
Humana MCRPPO $24.91
Humana MCRHMO $24.91
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.91
United CommunityCareNetwork $24.91
United AllPayerAppendix $24.91
Optum Transplants OONMCR $24.91
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $25.41
Celtic MCR $25.41
Wellcare MCR $25.41
United MGMCR $25.41
Home State Health Plan MCD $25.62
Pyramid Life MCR $26.65
United MOMGMCD $30.70
Aetna IVLHIX $33.63
Aetna KCCarePlus $35.12
Oscar HIX $37.86
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.42
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $42.08
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $42.08
BCBS BlueAccess $42.08
CorVel Corporation KSWC $45.62
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $46.82
Aetna Local $47.08
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $47.54
Humana EPO $52.57
Humana PPO $52.57
Humana ASO $52.57
Humana POS $52.57
Humana HMO $52.57
Aetna National $57.79
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $67.30
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $96.29
NHC Advantage MGMCD $98.36
NHC Advantage MGMCR $98.36
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $103.54
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $124.25
United OptionsPPO $129.94
Universal Healthcare MCR $181.19
BCBS Traditional $191.55
BCBS Participating $191.55
BCBS FreedomNetwork $201.90
BCBS PC $201.90
Coventry WCOMP $208.12
Aetna FHMedicalRental $208.12
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $212.26
College Park Family Care Center COMM $222.61
United GlobalBenefitPlan $232.97
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $248.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $258.85
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $258.85
Cigna LifeSource COMM $258.85
Aetna NATIONALNAP $264.03
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $274.38
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $310.62
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $336.50
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $336.50
CorVel Corporation MOWC $336.50
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $336.50
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $383.10
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $388.27
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $414.16
CCO, Inc. COMM $414.16
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $414.16
Optum Health COMM $460.75
Optum Transplant COMM $476.28
Optum Health MCD $517.70

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Platelet aggregation each agent teg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $12.63 – $52.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $108.35 $24.91 – $88.58
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $108.35 $24.91 – $88.58
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $153.45 $24.41 – $45.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $108.35 $24.91 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $108.35 $24.91 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $108.35 $24.91 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $100.10 $22.42 – $44.84

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