Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$555.29

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.

$555.29

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.

$9.47 with Cigna vs $555.29 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 $9.47 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $11.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $14.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $17.97 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.97 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.49 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.68 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.68 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $18.68 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $18.68 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $18.68 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $18.68 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $18.68 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $18.68 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $19.05 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $19.05 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $19.05 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $19.05 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.99 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $25.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $26.34 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $28.39 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $33.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $35.31 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $39.37 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $39.37 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $39.37 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.45 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.49 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $41.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna National $43.34 ↓ -92%
Humana POS $45.75 ↓ -92%
Humana ASO $45.75 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $45.75 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $45.75 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $45.75 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $72.19 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $103.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $105.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $105.51 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $111.06 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $111.06 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $133.27 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $139.38 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $166.59 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $194.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $205.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $205.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $216.56 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $216.56 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $223.23 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $223.23 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $227.67 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $238.77 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $249.88 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $266.54 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $277.64 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $277.64 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $277.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $283.20 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $294.30 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $333.17 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $360.94 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $360.94 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $360.94 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $360.94 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $410.91 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $416.47 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $444.23 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $444.23 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $444.23 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $494.21 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $510.87 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $555.29 ↑ +0%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.47 – $45.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $132.55 $18.68 – $77.05
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $132.55 $18.68 – $77.05
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $157.85 $18.31 – $39.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $132.55 $18.68 – $77.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $132.55 $18.68 – $77.05
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $132.55 $18.68 – $77.05
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $134.75 $16.81 – $33.62

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