Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain 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.
not published by hospital
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.
$2.73 with Cigna vs $106.83 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 |
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| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $2.73 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $3.29 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $4.09 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $5.09 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $5.18 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $5.18 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $5.25 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $5.34 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.34 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $5.34 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $5.36 | — |
| Optum Health | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $5.39 | — |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $5.39 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $5.39 | — |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $5.39 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $5.39 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $5.41 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $5.46 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $5.46 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.46 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $5.50 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $5.50 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $5.50 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $5.50 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $5.77 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $6.35 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $7.28 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $7.60 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $7.61 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $8.19 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $9.34 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $10.19 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $11.10 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $11.33 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $11.33 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $11.33 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $11.39 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $11.56 | — |
| Aetna | National | $12.51 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $13.15 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $13.15 | — |
| Humana | POS | $13.15 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $13.15 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $13.15 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $13.89 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $19.87 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $20.30 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $20.30 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $21.37 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $25.64 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $26.81 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $37.39 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $39.53 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $39.53 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $41.66 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $41.66 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $42.95 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $42.95 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $43.80 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $45.94 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $48.07 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $51.28 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $53.41 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $53.41 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $53.41 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $54.48 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $56.62 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $64.10 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $69.44 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $69.44 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $69.44 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $69.44 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $79.05 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $80.12 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $85.46 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $85.46 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $85.46 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $95.08 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $98.28 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $106.83 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $2.73 – $13.15 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $108.90 | $5.39 – $22.21 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $108.90 | $5.39 – $22.21 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $44.00 | $5.28 – $11.50 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $108.90 | $5.39 – $22.21 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $108.90 | $5.39 – $22.21 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $108.90 | $5.39 – $22.21 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $40.15 | $4.85 – $9.70 |