Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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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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.

$20.66 with Cigna vs $288.73 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 $20.66
Cigna LocalKC $24.90
Cigna Comm $30.99
United KSMGMCD $34.64
HealthyBlue MGMCD $35.33
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $35.68
Unicare MGMCD $36.03
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.03
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.03
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $37.53
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $38.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $39.19
BCBS TRICARE $39.19
BCBS MCRPPO $40.34
BCBS MCRHMO $40.34
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $40.34
Optum Health MCR $40.75
Humana PFFS $40.75
United CommunityCareNetwork $40.75
Humana MCRPPO $40.75
United AllPayerAppendix $40.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $40.75
Humana MCRHMO $40.75
Optum Transplants OONMCR $40.75
Celtic MCR $41.56
Wellcare MCR $41.56
United MGMCR $41.56
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $41.56
Home State Health Plan MCD $41.91
Pyramid Life MCR $43.60
United MOMGMCD $50.23
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $53.70
NHC Advantage MGMCR $54.86
NHC Advantage MGMCD $54.86
Aetna IVLHIX $55.01
Aetna KCCarePlus $57.46
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $57.75
Oscar HIX $61.94
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $69.30
United OptionsPPO $72.47
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $72.68
Aetna Local $77.02
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $85.84
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $85.84
BCBS BlueAccess $85.84
CorVel Corporation KSWC $86.31
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $88.58
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $89.94
Aetna National $94.54
Humana EPO $99.73
Humana PPO $99.73
Humana ASO $99.73
Humana POS $99.73
Humana HMO $99.73
Universal Healthcare MCR $101.06
BCBS Participating $106.83
BCBS Traditional $106.83
BCBS FreedomNetwork $112.60
BCBS PC $112.60
Coventry WCOMP $116.07
Aetna FHMedicalRental $116.07
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $118.38
College Park Family Care Center COMM $124.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $129.93
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $138.59
Cigna LifeSource COMM $144.37
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $144.37
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $144.37
Aetna NATIONALNAP $147.25
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $153.03
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $173.24
CorVel Corporation MOWC $187.67
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $187.67
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $187.67
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $187.67
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $213.66
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $216.55
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $230.98
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $230.98
CCO, Inc. COMM $230.98
Optum Health COMM $256.97
Optum Transplant COMM $265.63
Optum Health MCD $288.73

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $20.66 – $99.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $140.25 $40.75 – $168.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $140.25 $40.75 – $168.04
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $305.25 $39.94 – $87.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $140.25 $40.75 – $168.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $140.25 $40.75 – $168.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $140.25 $40.75 – $168.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $291.50 $36.68 – $73.35

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