Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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.

$14.88 with Cigna vs $1,130.11 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 $14.88
Cigna LocalKC $17.94
Cigna Comm $22.32
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $27.74
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $28.23
BCBS TRICARE $28.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $29.06
BCBS MCRPPO $29.06
BCBS MCRHMO $29.06
Optum Health MCR $29.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.35
Humana MCRHMO $29.35
Humana MCRPPO $29.35
Humana PFFS $29.35
Optum Transplants OONMCR $29.35
United CommunityCareNetwork $29.35
United AllPayerAppendix $29.35
United KSMGMCD $29.35
HealthyBlue MGMCD $29.94
Celtic MCR $29.94
United MGMCR $29.94
Wellcare MCR $29.94
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $29.94
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $30.23
Unicare MGMCD $30.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $30.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.52
Pyramid Life MCR $31.40
Home State Health Plan MCD $35.51
Aetna IVLHIX $39.62
Aetna KCCarePlus $41.38
United MOMGMCD $42.56
Oscar HIX $44.61
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $52.43
Aetna Local $55.47
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $61.83
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $61.83
BCBS BlueAccess $61.83
CorVel Corporation KSWC $62.26
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $63.90
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $64.88
Aetna National $68.09
Humana PPO $71.33
Humana ASO $71.33
Humana POS $71.33
Humana HMO $71.33
Humana EPO $71.33
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $146.91
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $210.20
NHC Advantage MGMCR $214.72
NHC Advantage MGMCD $214.72
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $226.02
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $271.23
United OptionsPPO $283.66
Universal Healthcare MCR $395.54
BCBS Traditional $418.14
BCBS Participating $418.14
BCBS FreedomNetwork $440.74
BCBS PC $440.74
Coventry WCOMP $454.30
Aetna FHMedicalRental $454.30
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $463.35
College Park Family Care Center COMM $485.95
United GlobalBenefitPlan $508.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $542.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $565.05
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $565.05
Cigna LifeSource COMM $565.05
Aetna NATIONALNAP $576.36
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $598.96
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $678.07
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $734.57
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $734.57
CorVel Corporation MOWC $734.57
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $734.57
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $836.28
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $847.58
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $904.09
CCO, Inc. COMM $904.09
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $904.09
Optum Health COMM $1,005.80
Optum Transplant COMM $1,039.70
Optum Health MCD $1,130.11

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $14.88 – $71.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $110.55 $29.35 – $121.01
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $110.55 $29.35 – $121.01
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $184.80 $28.76 – $62.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $110.55 $29.35 – $121.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $110.55 $29.35 – $121.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $110.55 $29.35 – $121.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $106.70 $26.42 – $52.83

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