Warde bile acids 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

$139.08

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.

$139.08

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.

$8.68 with Cigna vs $139.08 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 $8.68 ↓ -94%
Cigna LocalKC $10.46 ↓ -92%
Cigna Comm $13.02 ↓ -91%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.18 ↓ -88%
BCBS TRICARE $16.47 ↓ -88%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.47 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.95 ↓ -88%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $16.95 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.95 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.12 ↓ -88%
Humana MCRHMO $17.12 ↓ -88%
Humana MCRPPO $17.12 ↓ -88%
Humana PFFS $17.12 ↓ -88%
Optum Health MCR $17.12 ↓ -88%
United KSMGMCD $17.12 ↓ -88%
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.12 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -88%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.12 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MCR $17.46 ↓ -87%
Celtic MCR $17.46 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.46 ↓ -87%
United MGMCR $17.46 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $17.46 ↓ -87%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $17.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAccess $17.76 ↓ -87%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.76 ↓ -87%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.76 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.80 ↓ -87%
Unicare MGMCD $17.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.80 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $18.08 ↓ -87%
Pyramid Life MCR $18.32 ↓ -87%
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.72 ↓ -85%
Aetna IVLHIX $23.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna KCCarePlus $24.14 ↓ -83%
United MOMGMCD $24.82 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $25.87 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $26.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $26.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $26.43 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $27.82 ↓ -80%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.63 ↓ -78%
Aetna Local $32.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $33.38 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $34.91 ↓ -75%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $36.38 ↓ -74%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $37.33 ↓ -73%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna National $39.72 ↓ -71%
Humana ASO $41.93 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $41.93 ↓ -70%
Humana EPO $41.93 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $41.93 ↓ -70%
Humana POS $41.93 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $48.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $51.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $51.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $54.24 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $54.24 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $55.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $55.91 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $57.02 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $59.80 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $62.59 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $66.76 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $69.54 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $69.54 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $69.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $70.93 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $73.71 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $83.45 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $90.40 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $90.40 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $90.40 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $90.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $102.92 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $104.31 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $111.26 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $111.26 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $111.26 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $123.78 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $127.95 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $139.08 ↑ +0%

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Warde bile acids at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $8.68 – $41.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $52.25 $11.99 – $70.61
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $52.25 $11.99 – $70.61
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $27.50 $13.77 – $36.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $52.25 $11.99 – $70.61
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $52.25 $11.99 – $70.61
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $52.25 $11.99 – $70.61
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $49.50 $15.41 – $30.82

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