Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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Cash price 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 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.
$4.49 with Cigna vs $7,365.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $4.49 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $5.40 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $6.73 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $13.52 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $13.79 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $13.93 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $14.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $14.06 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $14.06 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $16.36 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $19.60 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $909.52 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $1,539.19 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $1,539.19 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $1,566.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,566.00 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $1,566.00 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $1,679.11 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,756.07 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,941.00 | — |
| Humana | POS | $1,941.00 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $2,550.00 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $2,550.00 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $2,588.63 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,588.63 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $2,728.56 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $2,728.56 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $2,812.51 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $2,812.51 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $2,868.48 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $3,148.34 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,148.34 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $3,148.34 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $3,358.22 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $3,498.15 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,498.15 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $3,498.15 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $3,568.11 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $3,654.00 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $4,197.78 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $4,470.00 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $4,547.60 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $4,547.60 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $4,547.60 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $4,547.60 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $5,177.26 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $5,247.23 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $5,247.23 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $5,597.04 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,597.04 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $5,597.04 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $6,226.71 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $6,284.00 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $6,436.60 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $6,996.30 | — |
| Aetna | National | $7,365.00 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | not published by hospital | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | not published by hospital | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $4.49 – $19.60 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $1,453.10 | $10.04 – $10.41 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,453.10 | $10.04 – $10.41 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $400.95 | $10.41 – $11.52 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $1,453.10 | $10.04 – $10.41 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,453.10 | $10.04 – $10.41 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,453.10 | $10.04 – $10.41 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $289.08 | $2,277.00 – $2,277.00 |