Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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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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 (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.

$8.56 with Cigna vs $1,077.75 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

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 $8.56
Cigna LocalKC $10.31
Cigna Comm $12.83
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.23
BCBS TRICARE $16.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.70
BCBS MCRPPO $16.70
BCBS MCRHMO $16.70
Optum Health MCR $16.87
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87
Humana MCRHMO $16.87
Humana MCRPPO $16.87
Humana PFFS $16.87
Optum Transplants OONMCR $16.87
United CommunityCareNetwork $16.87
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87
United KSMGMCD $16.87
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.21
Celtic MCR $17.21
United MGMCR $17.21
Wellcare MCR $17.21
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $17.21
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $17.38
Unicare MGMCD $17.54
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.54
Pyramid Life MCR $18.05
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.41
Aetna IVLHIX $22.77
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.78
United MOMGMCD $24.46
Oscar HIX $25.64
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.11
Aetna Local $31.88
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $35.53
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $35.53
BCBS BlueAccess $35.53
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.76
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.70
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.26
Aetna National $39.13
Humana PPO $41.28
Humana ASO $41.28
Humana POS $41.28
Humana HMO $41.28
Humana EPO $41.28
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $140.11
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $200.46
NHC Advantage MGMCR $204.77
NHC Advantage MGMCD $204.77
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $215.55
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $258.66
United OptionsPPO $270.52
Universal Healthcare MCR $377.21
BCBS Traditional $398.77
BCBS Participating $398.77
BCBS FreedomNetwork $420.32
BCBS PC $420.32
Coventry WCOMP $433.26
Aetna FHMedicalRental $433.26
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $441.88
College Park Family Care Center COMM $463.43
United GlobalBenefitPlan $484.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $517.32
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $538.88
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $538.88
Cigna LifeSource COMM $538.88
Aetna NATIONALNAP $549.65
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $571.21
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $646.65
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $700.54
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $700.54
CorVel Corporation MOWC $700.54
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $700.54
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $797.53
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $808.31
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $862.20
CCO, Inc. COMM $862.20
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $862.20
Optum Health COMM $959.20
Optum Transplant COMM $991.53
Optum Health MCD $1,077.75

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $8.56 – $41.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $428.45 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $428.45 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $382.80 $16.53 – $36.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $428.45 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $428.45 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $428.45 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $312.40 $15.18 – $30.37

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