Strep b dna amp probe 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.

$11.30 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $86.91 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 $11.30
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $16.17
NHC Advantage MGMCR $16.51
NHC Advantage MGMCD $16.51
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $17.38
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $17.79
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.86
Cigna LocalKC $21.44
United OptionsPPO $21.81
Cigna Comm $26.69
Universal Healthcare MCR $30.42
BCBS Traditional $32.16
BCBS Participating $32.16
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $33.16
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $33.75
BCBS TRICARE $33.75
BCBS FreedomNetwork $33.89
BCBS PC $33.89
BCBS MCRHMO $34.74
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $34.74
BCBS MCRPPO $34.74
Coventry WCOMP $34.94
Aetna FHMedicalRental $34.94
United KSMGMCD $35.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.09
Humana MCRHMO $35.09
Humana MCRPPO $35.09
Humana PFFS $35.09
Optum Health MCR $35.09
Optum Transplants OONMCR $35.09
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09
United CommunityCareNetwork $35.09
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.63
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $35.79
United MGMCR $35.79
HealthyBlue MGMCD $35.79
Wellcare MCR $35.79
Celtic MCR $35.79
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $36.14
Unicare MGMCD $36.49
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.49
College Park Family Care Center COMM $37.37
Pyramid Life MCR $37.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.11
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $41.72
Home State Health Plan MCD $42.46
Cigna LifeSource COMM $43.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $43.45
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $43.45
Aetna NATIONALNAP $44.32
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $46.06
Aetna IVLHIX $47.37
Aetna KCCarePlus $49.48
United MOMGMCD $50.88
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $52.15
Oscar HIX $53.34
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $56.49
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $56.49
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $56.49
CorVel Corporation MOWC $56.49
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $62.30
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $64.31
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $65.18
Aetna Local $66.32
Humana HMO $68.85
Humana EPO $68.85
Humana PPO $68.85
Humana POS $68.85
Humana ASO $68.85
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $69.53
CCO, Inc. COMM $69.53
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $69.53
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $73.94
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $73.94
BCBS BlueAccess $73.94
CorVel Corporation KSWC $73.98
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $75.92
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $77.09
Optum Health COMM $77.35
Optum Transplant COMM $79.96
Aetna National $81.41
Optum Health MCD $86.91

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Strep b dna amp probe at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $162.00 $17.79 – $77.09
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $104.65 $35.09 – $48.63
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $130.00 $35.09 – $49.71
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $126.10 $34.74 – $129.94
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $65.65 $31.58 – $126.04
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $124.15 $26.74 – $205.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $35.09 – $144.72
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $35.09 – $144.72

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