Urinalysis (without microscopy) 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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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.

$1.14 with Cigna vs $177.68 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 $1.14
Cigna LocalKC $1.37
Cigna Comm $1.71
United KSMGMCD $1.91
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.95
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.97
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.99
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.99
Unicare MGMCD $1.99
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.12
BCBS TRICARE $2.16
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.16
BCBS MCRPPO $2.23
BCBS MCRHMO $2.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2.23
Optum Health MCR $2.25
Humana PFFS $2.25
Humana MCRPPO $2.25
Humana MCRHMO $2.25
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.25
United CommunityCareNetwork $2.25
United AllPayerAppendix $2.25
Optum Transplants OONMCR $2.25
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $2.29
Celtic MCR $2.29
Wellcare MCR $2.29
United MGMCR $2.29
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.31
Pyramid Life MCR $2.41
United MOMGMCD $2.77
Aetna IVLHIX $3.04
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3.13
BCBS BlueAccess $3.13
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3.13
Aetna KCCarePlus $3.17
Oscar HIX $3.42
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4.15
Aetna Local $4.25
CorVel Corporation KSWC $4.93
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $5.06
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $5.14
Aetna National $5.22
Humana PPO $5.50
Humana ASO $5.50
Humana POS $5.50
Humana HMO $5.50
Humana EPO $5.50
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $23.10
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $33.05
NHC Advantage MGMCR $33.76
NHC Advantage MGMCD $33.76
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $35.54
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $42.64
United OptionsPPO $44.60
Universal Healthcare MCR $62.19
BCBS Traditional $65.74
BCBS Participating $65.74
BCBS FreedomNetwork $69.30
BCBS PC $69.30
Coventry WCOMP $71.43
Aetna FHMedicalRental $71.43
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $72.85
College Park Family Care Center COMM $76.40
United GlobalBenefitPlan $79.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $85.29
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $88.84
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $88.84
Cigna LifeSource COMM $88.84
Aetna NATIONALNAP $90.62
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $94.17
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $106.61
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $115.49
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $115.49
CorVel Corporation MOWC $115.49
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $115.49
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $131.48
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $133.26
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $142.14
CCO, Inc. COMM $142.14
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $142.14
Optum Health COMM $158.14
Optum Transplant COMM $163.47
Optum Health MCD $177.68

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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.14 – $5.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $23.10 $2.25 – $9.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $23.10 $2.25 – $9.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $21.45 $2.20 – $4.79
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $23.10 $2.25 – $9.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $23.10 $2.25 – $9.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $23.10 $2.25 – $9.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $46.20 $2.03 – $4.05

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →