Urinalysis qual/semiquant excpt ia 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.

$1.10 with Cigna vs $127.99 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 $1.10
Cigna LocalKC $1.33
Cigna Comm $1.65
United KSMGMCD $1.84
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.88
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.91
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.91
Unicare MGMCD $1.91
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.05
BCBS TRICARE $2.09
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.09
BCBS MCRPPO $2.15
BCBS MCRHMO $2.15
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2.15
Optum Health MCR $2.17
Humana PFFS $2.17
Humana MCRPPO $2.17
Humana MCRHMO $2.17
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.17
United CommunityCareNetwork $2.17
United AllPayerAppendix $2.17
Optum Transplants OONMCR $2.17
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $2.21
Celtic MCR $2.21
Wellcare MCR $2.21
United MGMCR $2.21
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.23
Pyramid Life MCR $2.32
United MOMGMCD $2.67
Aetna IVLHIX $2.93
Aetna KCCarePlus $3.06
Oscar HIX $3.30
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $3.63
Aetna Local $4.10
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4.26
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4.26
BCBS BlueAccess $4.26
CorVel Corporation KSWC $4.31
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $4.43
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $4.49
Aetna National $5.03
Humana PPO $5.30
Humana ASO $5.30
Humana POS $5.30
Humana HMO $5.30
Humana EPO $5.30
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $16.64
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $23.81
NHC Advantage MGMCR $24.32
NHC Advantage MGMCD $24.32
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $25.60
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $30.72
United OptionsPPO $32.13
Universal Healthcare MCR $44.80
BCBS Traditional $47.36
BCBS Participating $47.36
BCBS FreedomNetwork $49.92
BCBS PC $49.92
Coventry WCOMP $51.45
Aetna FHMedicalRental $51.45
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $52.48
College Park Family Care Center COMM $55.04
United GlobalBenefitPlan $57.60
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $61.44
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $63.99
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $63.99
Cigna LifeSource COMM $63.99
Aetna NATIONALNAP $65.27
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $67.83
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $76.79
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $83.19
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $83.19
CorVel Corporation MOWC $83.19
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $83.19
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $94.71
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $95.99
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $102.39
CCO, Inc. COMM $102.39
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $102.39
Optum Health COMM $113.91
Optum Transplant COMM $117.75
Optum Health MCD $127.99

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Urinalysis qual/semiquant excpt ia at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $58.75 $1.10 – $5.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.17 – $8.92
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.17 – $8.92
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.13 – $4.62
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2.17 – $8.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $2.17 – $8.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $2.17 – $8.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $1.95 – $3.91

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