Warde folic acid rbc 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

$900.57

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.

$900.57

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.

$8.95 with Cigna vs $900.57 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 $8.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $10.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $13.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.67 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $16.98 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.47 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $17.65 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.65 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $17.65 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $17.65 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $17.65 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.65 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.65 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.65 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $17.65 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.00 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $18.00 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $18.00 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $18.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.00 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.18 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $18.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.36 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.36 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $18.89 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $23.83 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $24.89 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $25.59 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $26.83 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $33.36 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $36.38 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $36.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $36.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $36.48 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $37.33 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $40.95 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $42.40 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $42.40 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $42.40 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $42.40 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $42.40 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $117.07 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $167.51 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $171.11 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $171.11 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $180.11 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $216.14 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $226.04 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $315.20 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $333.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $333.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $351.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $351.22 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $362.03 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $362.03 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $369.23 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $387.25 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $405.26 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $432.27 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $450.29 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $450.29 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $450.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $459.29 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $477.30 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $540.34 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $585.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $585.37 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $585.37 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $585.37 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $666.42 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $675.43 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $720.46 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $720.46 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $720.46 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $801.51 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $828.52 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $900.57 ↑ +0%

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Warde folic acid rbc at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $452.25 $8.95 – $42.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $89.10 $17.65 – $71.41
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $89.10 $17.65 – $71.41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $98.45 $17.30 – $36.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $89.10 $17.65 – $71.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $89.10 $17.65 – $71.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $89.10 $17.65 – $71.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $153.45 $15.89 – $31.77

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