Thyroglobulin antibody 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

$806.46

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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.

$806.46

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.

$8.07 with Cigna vs $806.46 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 $8.07 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $9.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $12.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.04 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $15.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $15.30 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $15.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $15.75 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $15.91 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.91 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $15.91 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $15.91 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $15.91 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $15.91 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $15.91 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.91 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $15.91 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $16.23 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $16.23 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $16.23 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $16.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $16.23 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.39 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $16.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.55 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.55 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $17.02 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $21.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $22.43 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $23.07 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $24.18 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $28.55 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $30.07 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $33.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $33.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $33.50 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $33.91 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $34.80 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $35.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $36.91 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $38.92 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $38.92 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $38.92 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $38.92 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $38.92 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $104.84 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $150.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $153.23 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $153.23 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $161.29 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $193.55 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $202.42 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $282.26 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $298.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $298.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $314.52 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $314.52 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $324.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $324.20 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $330.65 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $346.78 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $362.91 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $387.10 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $403.23 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $403.23 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $403.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $411.29 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $427.42 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $483.88 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $524.20 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $524.20 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $524.20 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $524.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $596.78 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $604.85 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $645.17 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $645.17 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $645.17 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $717.75 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $741.94 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $806.46 ↑ +0%

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Thyroglobulin antibody at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $402.50 $8.07 – $38.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $52.25 $15.91 – $65.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $52.25 $15.91 – $65.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $8.80 $15.59 – $33.98
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $52.25 $15.91 – $65.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $52.25 $15.91 – $65.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $52.25 $15.91 – $65.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $52.80 $14.32 – $28.64

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