Susceptibility mic per plate 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.

$4.38 with Cigna vs $960.85 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 $4.38
Cigna LocalKC $5.28
Cigna Comm $6.58
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8.32
BCBS TRICARE $8.32
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.56
BCBS MCRPPO $8.56
BCBS MCRHMO $8.56
Optum Health MCR $8.65
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.65
Humana MCRHMO $8.65
Humana MCRPPO $8.65
Humana PFFS $8.65
Optum Transplants OONMCR $8.65
United CommunityCareNetwork $8.65
United AllPayerAppendix $8.65
United KSMGMCD $8.65
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.82
Celtic MCR $8.82
United MGMCR $8.82
Wellcare MCR $8.82
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $8.82
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.91
Unicare MGMCD $9.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.00
Pyramid Life MCR $9.26
Home State Health Plan MCD $10.47
Aetna IVLHIX $11.68
Aetna KCCarePlus $12.20
United MOMGMCD $12.54
Oscar HIX $13.15
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $15.58
Aetna Local $16.35
Humana PPO $17.53
Humana ASO $17.53
Humana POS $17.53
Humana HMO $17.53
Humana EPO $17.53
BCBS BlueAccess $18.20
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.20
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.20
CorVel Corporation KSWC $18.50
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $18.98
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $19.28
Aetna National $20.07
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $124.91
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $178.72
NHC Advantage MGMCR $182.56
NHC Advantage MGMCD $182.56
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $192.17
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $230.60
United OptionsPPO $241.17
Universal Healthcare MCR $336.30
BCBS Traditional $355.51
BCBS Participating $355.51
BCBS FreedomNetwork $374.73
BCBS PC $374.73
Coventry WCOMP $386.26
Aetna FHMedicalRental $386.26
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $393.95
College Park Family Care Center COMM $413.17
United GlobalBenefitPlan $432.38
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $461.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $480.43
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $480.43
Cigna LifeSource COMM $480.43
Aetna NATIONALNAP $490.03
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $509.25
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $576.51
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $624.55
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $624.55
CorVel Corporation MOWC $624.55
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $624.55
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $711.03
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $720.64
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $768.68
CCO, Inc. COMM $768.68
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $768.68
Optum Health COMM $855.16
Optum Transplant COMM $883.98
Optum Health MCD $960.85

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $4.38 – $19.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $147.95 $8.65 – $35.64
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $147.95 $8.65 – $35.64
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $62.70 $8.48 – $18.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $147.95 $8.65 – $35.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $147.95 $8.65 – $35.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $147.95 $8.65 – $35.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $42.90 $7.79 – $15.57

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