Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$497.08

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.

$497.08

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.

$5.02 with Cigna vs $497.08 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 $5.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $6.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $7.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $9.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $9.51 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.79 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.79 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $9.89 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $9.89 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $9.89 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $10.05 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $10.05 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $10.05 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $10.05 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $10.05 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.09 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $10.09 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $10.09 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $10.09 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $10.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.29 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $10.29 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.29 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.58 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.97 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $13.35 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.94 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $14.34 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $15.03 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $17.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.43 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.43 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $18.43 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $18.69 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.96 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $21.51 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $22.94 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $64.62 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $92.46 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $94.45 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $94.45 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $99.42 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $119.30 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $124.77 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $173.98 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $183.92 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $183.92 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $193.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $193.86 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $199.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $199.83 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $203.80 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $213.74 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $223.69 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $238.60 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $248.54 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $248.54 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $248.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $253.51 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $263.45 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $298.25 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $323.10 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $323.10 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $323.10 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $323.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $367.84 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $372.81 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $397.66 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $397.66 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $397.66 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $442.40 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $457.31 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $497.08 ↑ +0%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $250.75 $5.02 – $21.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $47.85 $9.69 – $21.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $68.75 $8.90 – $17.80

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