Viper venom prothrombin time 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.

$5.46 with United vs $40.58 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.

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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
United KSMGMCD $5.46
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.57
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.62
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.68
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.68
Unicare MGMCD $5.68
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.61
United MOMGMCD $7.92
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $8.87
Cigna LocalKC $10.69
Cigna Comm $13.30
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.53
BCBS TRICARE $16.82
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.82
BCBS MCRPPO $17.32
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.32
BCBS MCRHMO $17.32
Optum Health MCR $17.49
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.49
United AllPayerAppendix $17.49
Humana PFFS $17.49
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.49
Humana MCRPPO $17.49
Humana MCRHMO $17.49
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.49
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $17.84
Celtic MCR $17.84
United MGMCR $17.84
Wellcare MCR $17.84
Pyramid Life MCR $18.71
BCBS BlueAccess $18.74
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.74
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.74
Humana POS $23.42
Humana PPO $23.42
Humana EPO $23.42
Humana HMO $23.42
Humana ASO $23.42
Aetna IVLHIX $23.61
Aetna KCCarePlus $24.66
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $25.44
Oscar HIX $26.58
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.21
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.00
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $31.48
Aetna Local $33.06
Aetna National $40.58

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Viper venom prothrombin time at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $5.57 – $31.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $13.61 – $58.42
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $13.61 – $58.42
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $15.62 – $30.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $13.61 – $58.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $13.61 – $58.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $13.61 – $58.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $15.74 – $31.48

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