Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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.

$11.13 with Cigna vs $92.03 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 $11.13
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $11.96
Cigna LocalKC $13.41
Cigna Comm $16.70
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $17.12
NHC Advantage MGMCD $17.49
NHC Advantage MGMCR $17.49
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $18.41
United KSMGMCD $19.20
HealthyBlue MGMCD $19.58
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $19.78
Aetna Better Health MCD $19.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.97
Unicare MGMCD $19.97
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.75
BCBS TRICARE $21.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $21.12
BCBS MCRPPO $21.74
BCBS MCRHMO $21.74
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.74
Optum Transplants OONMCR $21.96
Optum Health MCR $21.96
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.96
United AllPayerAppendix $21.96
Humana PFFS $21.96
United CommunityCareNetwork $21.96
Humana MCRPPO $21.96
Humana MCRHMO $21.96
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $22.09
Wellcare MCR $22.40
Celtic MCR $22.40
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $22.40
United MGMCR $22.40
United OptionsPPO $23.10
Home State Health Plan MCD $23.23
Pyramid Life MCR $23.50
United MOMGMCD $27.84
Aetna IVLHIX $29.64
Aetna KCCarePlus $30.96
Universal Healthcare MCR $32.21
Oscar HIX $33.38
BCBS Traditional $34.05
BCBS Participating $34.05
BCBS PC $35.89
BCBS FreedomNetwork $35.89
Coventry WCOMP $37.00
Aetna FHMedicalRental $37.00
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $37.73
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.94
College Park Family Care Center COMM $39.57
United GlobalBenefitPlan $41.41
Aetna Local $41.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $44.17
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $46.02
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $46.02
Cigna LifeSource COMM $46.02
CorVel Corporation KSWC $46.24
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $46.26
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $46.26
BCBS BlueAccess $46.26
Aetna NATIONALNAP $46.94
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $47.45
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $48.18
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $48.78
Aetna National $50.94
Humana ASO $53.75
Humana PPO $53.75
Humana EPO $53.75
Humana HMO $53.75
Humana POS $53.75
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $55.22
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $59.82
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $59.82
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $59.82
CorVel Corporation MOWC $59.82
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $68.10
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $69.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $73.62
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $73.62
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $73.62
Optum Health COMM $81.91
Optum Transplant COMM $84.67
Optum Health MCD $92.03

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $11.13 – $53.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $174.35 $21.96 – $90.58
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $174.35 $21.96 – $90.58
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $86.90 $21.52 – $46.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $174.35 $21.96 – $90.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $174.35 $21.96 – $90.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $174.35 $21.96 – $90.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $158.40 $19.76 – $39.53

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