Venous sampling s&i at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$16,870.22
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.
$16,870.22
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.
$121.70 with Multiplan vs $16,870.22 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $121.70 | ↓ -99% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $144.51 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $148.32 | ↓ -99% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $150.60 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $223.09 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $223.09 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $223.09 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | ASO | $275.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | HMO | $275.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | EPO | $275.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | POS | $355.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $355.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $809.54 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $845.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Local | $1,133.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | National | $1,391.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $2,193.13 | ↓ -87% |
| United | KSMGMCD | $2,883.41 | ↓ -83% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $2,941.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $2,969.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,998.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $2,998.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $2,998.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $3,137.86 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $3,205.34 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $3,205.34 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $3,374.04 | ↓ -80% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $3,488.93 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $4,048.85 | ↓ -76% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $4,180.94 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $4,231.22 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,234.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $5,904.58 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $6,096.44 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | Participating | $6,241.98 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,241.98 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $6,579.39 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $6,579.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $6,781.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $6,781.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $6,916.79 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $7,254.19 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $7,266.95 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $7,591.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $8,097.71 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $8,435.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $8,435.11 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $8,435.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $8,603.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $8,941.22 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Comm | $9,071.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $10,122.13 | ↓ -40% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $10,965.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $10,965.64 | ↓ -35% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $10,965.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $10,965.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $12,483.96 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $12,652.67 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $12,652.67 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $13,496.18 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $13,496.18 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $13,496.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $15,014.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $15,520.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $16,870.22 | ↑ +0% |
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Venous sampling s&i at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $121.70 – $6,096.44 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $3,386.90 | $92.13 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $3,386.90 | $92.13 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $3,162.50 | $105.78 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $3,386.90 | $92.13 – $9,540.74 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $3,386.90 | $92.13 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $3,386.90 | $92.13 – $6,688.16 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $3,000.40 | $71.89 – $15,847.73 |