Warde cadmium blood 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.

$11.99 with Cigna vs $147.53 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 $11.99
Cigna LocalKC $14.45
Cigna Comm $17.98
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $19.18
United KSMGMCD $20.09
HealthyBlue MGMCD $20.49
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $20.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.89
Unicare MGMCD $20.89
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $22.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $22.74
BCBS TRICARE $22.74
BCBS MCRPPO $23.40
BCBS MCRHMO $23.40
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $23.40
Devoted Health MGMCR $23.64
Humana PFFS $23.64
United CommunityCareNetwork $23.64
Humana MCRPPO $23.64
United AllPayerAppendix $23.64
Optum Health MCR $23.64
Humana MCRHMO $23.64
Optum Transplants OONMCR $23.64
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $24.11
Wellcare MCR $24.11
United MGMCR $24.11
Celtic MCR $24.11
Home State Health Plan MCD $24.31
Pyramid Life MCR $25.29
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $27.44
NHC Advantage MGMCR $28.03
NHC Advantage MGMCD $28.03
United MOMGMCD $29.13
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $29.51
Aetna IVLHIX $31.91
Aetna KCCarePlus $33.33
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $35.41
Oscar HIX $35.93
United OptionsPPO $37.03
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $41.01
Aetna Local $44.68
CorVel Corporation KSWC $48.70
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $48.74
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $48.74
BCBS BlueAccess $48.74
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $49.98
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $50.75
Universal Healthcare MCR $51.64
BCBS Participating $54.59
BCBS Traditional $54.59
Aetna National $54.85
Humana EPO $56.64
Humana HMO $56.64
Humana PPO $56.64
Humana ASO $56.64
Humana POS $56.64
BCBS PC $57.54
BCBS FreedomNetwork $57.54
Coventry WCOMP $59.31
Aetna FHMedicalRental $59.31
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $60.49
College Park Family Care Center COMM $63.44
United GlobalBenefitPlan $66.39
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $70.81
Cigna LifeSource COMM $73.77
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $73.77
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $73.77
Aetna NATIONALNAP $75.24
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $78.19
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $88.52
CorVel Corporation MOWC $95.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $95.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $95.89
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $95.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $109.17
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $110.65
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $118.02
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $118.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $118.02
Optum Health COMM $131.30
Optum Transplant COMM $135.73
Optum Health MCD $147.53

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Warde cadmium blood at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $11.99 – $56.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $81.40 $23.64 – $95.46
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $81.40 $23.64 – $95.46
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $93.50 $23.17 – $49.44
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $81.40 $23.64 – $95.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $81.40 $23.64 – $95.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $81.40 $23.64 – $95.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $167.75 $21.28 – $42.55

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