Sept9 promoter methylation analysis at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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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.
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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.
$97.34 with Cigna vs $445.44 with Aetna — 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 |
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| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $97.34 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $117.31 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $146.02 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $181.44 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $190.08 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $190.08 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $190.08 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $192.00 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $192.00 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $192.00 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $192.00 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $192.00 | — |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $192.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $192.00 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $192.00 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $195.84 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $195.84 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $195.84 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $195.84 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $205.44 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $259.20 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $270.72 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $291.84 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $362.88 | — |
| Aetna | National | $445.44 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sept9 promoter methylation analysis at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $97.34 – $291.84 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $133.65 | $87.38 – $641.28 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $133.65 | $87.38 – $641.28 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $133.65 | $87.38 – $641.28 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $133.65 | $87.38 – $641.28 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $133.65 | $87.38 – $641.28 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $133.65 | $87.38 – $641.28 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $135.85 | $85.35 – $374.91 |