Warde protein c antigen 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

$806.46

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.

$806.46

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.

$6.09 with Cigna vs $806.46 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 $6.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $7.34 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $9.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.35 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $11.55 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $11.81 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.89 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $12.01 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $12.01 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $12.01 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $12.01 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.01 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $12.01 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.01 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $12.01 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.05 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.16 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $12.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.28 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.28 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $12.85 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $16.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.93 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $17.12 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $18.26 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $21.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $22.70 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $25.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.33 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.33 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $25.33 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $25.94 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $26.33 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $27.86 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $29.42 ↓ -96%
Humana ASO $29.42 ↓ -96%
Humana POS $29.42 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $29.42 ↓ -96%
Humana EPO $29.42 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $104.84 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $150.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $153.23 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $153.23 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $161.29 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $193.55 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $202.42 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $282.26 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $298.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $298.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $314.52 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $314.52 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $324.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $324.20 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $330.65 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $346.78 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $362.91 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $387.10 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $403.23 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $403.23 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $403.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $411.29 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $427.42 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $483.88 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $524.20 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $524.20 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $524.20 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $524.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $596.78 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $604.85 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $645.17 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $645.17 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $645.17 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $717.75 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $741.94 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $806.46 ↑ +0%

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Warde protein c antigen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $402.50 $6.09 – $29.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $53.35 $12.01 – $49.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $53.35 $12.01 – $49.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $399.30 $11.77 – $25.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $53.35 $12.01 – $49.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $53.35 $12.01 – $49.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $53.35 $12.01 – $49.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $217.25 $10.81 – $21.62

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