Warde lipoprotein (a) 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

$762.02

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.

$762.02

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.

$7.26 with Cigna vs $762.02 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 $7.26 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $8.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $10.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $13.53 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $13.77 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $13.77 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $14.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $14.18 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $14.32 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.32 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $14.32 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $14.32 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $14.32 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $14.32 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $14.32 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.32 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $14.32 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $14.61 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $14.75 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $14.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.89 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.89 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.32 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $17.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $19.33 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $20.19 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $20.76 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $21.77 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $22.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $27.06 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.12 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $27.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.27 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $27.84 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.26 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $31.68 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $31.68 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $31.68 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $31.68 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $31.68 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $33.22 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $99.06 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $141.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $144.78 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $144.78 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $152.40 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $182.88 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $191.27 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $266.71 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $281.95 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $281.95 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $297.19 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $297.19 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $306.33 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $306.33 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $312.43 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $327.67 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $342.91 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $365.77 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $381.01 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $381.01 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $381.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $388.63 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $403.87 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $457.21 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $495.31 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $495.31 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $495.31 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $495.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $563.89 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $571.51 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $609.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $609.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $609.62 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $678.20 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $701.06 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $762.02 ↑ +0%

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Warde lipoprotein (a) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.26 – $31.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $51.15 $14.32 – $53.37
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $51.15 $14.32 – $53.37
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $139.70 $14.03 – $27.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $51.15 $14.32 – $53.37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $51.15 $14.32 – $53.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $51.15 $14.32 – $53.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $165.00 $12.89 – $25.78

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