Renal function panel at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$1,479.63
Cash price 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.
$1,479.63
Gross charge 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.
$4.40 with Cigna vs $1,479.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $4.40 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $5.30 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | Comm | $6.60 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $8.20 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $8.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $8.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $8.59 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $8.59 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $8.59 | ↓ -99% |
| Optum Health | MCR | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PFFS | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $8.68 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $8.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Celtic | MCR | $8.85 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCR | $8.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $8.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $8.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $8.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $9.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $9.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $9.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $9.29 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $10.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $11.72 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $12.24 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $12.59 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $13.06 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $13.06 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $13.06 | ↓ -99% |
| Oscar | HIX | $13.19 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $15.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Local | $16.41 | ↓ -99% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $18.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $18.98 | ↓ -99% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $19.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | National | $20.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $21.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | ASO | $21.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | POS | $21.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $21.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | EPO | $21.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $192.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $275.21 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $281.13 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $281.13 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $295.93 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $355.11 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $371.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $517.87 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $547.46 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $547.46 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $577.06 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $577.06 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $594.81 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $594.81 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $606.65 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $636.24 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $665.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $710.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $739.82 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $739.82 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $739.82 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $754.61 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $784.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $887.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $961.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $961.76 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $961.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $961.76 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,094.93 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,109.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,183.70 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,183.70 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,183.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $1,316.87 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,361.26 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $1,479.63 | ↑ +0% |
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Renal function panel at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $739.00 | $4.40 – $21.25 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $55.00 | $8.68 – $35.80 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $55.00 | $8.68 – $35.80 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $71.50 | $8.51 – $18.55 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $55.00 | $8.68 – $35.80 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $55.00 | $8.68 – $35.80 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $55.00 | $8.68 – $35.80 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $45.10 | $7.81 – $15.62 |