Warde apolipoprotein b 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.

$10.69 with Cigna vs $130.11 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 $10.69
Cigna LocalKC $12.89
Cigna Comm $16.04
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $16.91
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.93
BCBS TRICARE $20.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $20.28
BCBS MCRPPO $20.88
BCBS MCRHMO $20.88
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.88
United AllPayerAppendix $21.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.09
Humana MCRHMO $21.09
Humana MCRPPO $21.09
Humana PFFS $21.09
Optum Transplants OONMCR $21.09
Optum Health MCR $21.09
United CommunityCareNetwork $21.09
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $21.51
Wellcare MCR $21.51
United MGMCR $21.51
Celtic MCR $21.51
Pyramid Life MCR $22.57
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $24.20
NHC Advantage MGMCD $24.72
NHC Advantage MGMCR $24.72
HealthyBlue MGMCD $26.02
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $26.02
Aetna IVLHIX $28.47
Aetna KCCarePlus $29.74
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.63
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $31.23
Oscar HIX $32.06
BCBS BlueAccess $32.64
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $32.64
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $32.64
United OptionsPPO $32.66
CorVel Corporation KSWC $36.38
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $37.33
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.91
Humana ASO $37.93
Humana POS $37.93
Humana HMO $37.93
Humana EPO $37.93
Humana PPO $37.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.03
Aetna Local $39.86
Universal Healthcare MCR $45.54
BCBS Participating $48.14
BCBS Traditional $48.14
Aetna National $48.93
BCBS FreedomNetwork $50.74
BCBS PC $50.74
Aetna FHMedicalRental $52.30
Coventry WCOMP $52.30
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $53.35
College Park Family Care Center COMM $55.95
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $62.45
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $65.06
Cigna LifeSource COMM $65.06
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $65.06
Aetna NATIONALNAP $66.36
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $68.96
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $78.07
CorVel Corporation MOWC $84.57
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $84.57
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $84.57
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $84.57
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $96.28
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $97.58
CCO, Inc. COMM $104.09
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $104.09
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $104.09
Optum Health COMM $115.80
Optum Transplant COMM $119.70
Optum Health MCD $130.11

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Warde apolipoprotein b at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $10.69 – $37.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $67.10 $21.09 – $70.44
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $67.10 $21.09 – $70.44
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $85.80 $20.67 – $36.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $67.10 $21.09 – $70.44
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $67.10 $21.09 – $70.44
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $67.10 $21.09 – $70.44
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $87.45 $18.98 – $37.96

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