Warde zinc 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.

$5.77 with Cigna vs $177.68 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 $5.77
Cigna LocalKC $6.96
Cigna Comm $8.66
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.76
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $10.95
BCBS TRICARE $10.95
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.28
BCBS MCRPPO $11.28
BCBS MCRHMO $11.28
Optum Health MCR $11.39
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.39
Humana MCRHMO $11.39
Humana MCRPPO $11.39
Humana PFFS $11.39
Optum Transplants OONMCR $11.39
United CommunityCareNetwork $11.39
United AllPayerAppendix $11.39
United KSMGMCD $11.39
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.62
Celtic MCR $11.62
United MGMCR $11.62
Wellcare MCR $11.62
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $11.62
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.73
Unicare MGMCD $11.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.85
Pyramid Life MCR $12.19
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.78
Aetna IVLHIX $15.38
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.06
United MOMGMCD $16.52
Oscar HIX $17.31
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $20.25
Aetna Local $21.53
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $23.10
BCBS BlueAccess $23.99
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $23.99
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $23.99
CorVel Corporation KSWC $24.04
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $24.68
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $25.06
Aetna National $26.43
Humana PPO $27.86
Humana ASO $27.86
Humana POS $27.86
Humana HMO $27.86
Humana EPO $27.86
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $33.05
NHC Advantage MGMCD $33.76
NHC Advantage MGMCR $33.76
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $35.54
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $42.64
United OptionsPPO $44.60
Universal Healthcare MCR $62.19
BCBS Traditional $65.74
BCBS Participating $65.74
BCBS FreedomNetwork $69.30
BCBS PC $69.30
Coventry WCOMP $71.43
Aetna FHMedicalRental $71.43
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $72.85
College Park Family Care Center COMM $76.40
United GlobalBenefitPlan $79.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $85.29
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $88.84
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $88.84
Cigna LifeSource COMM $88.84
Aetna NATIONALNAP $90.62
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $94.17
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $106.61
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $115.49
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $115.49
CorVel Corporation MOWC $115.49
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $115.49
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $131.48
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $133.26
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $142.14
CCO, Inc. COMM $142.14
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $142.14
Optum Health COMM $158.14
Optum Transplant COMM $163.47
Optum Health MCD $177.68

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Warde zinc at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $5.77 – $27.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $75.90 $11.39 – $46.96
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $75.90 $11.39 – $46.96
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $106.15 $11.16 – $24.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $75.90 $11.39 – $46.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $75.90 $11.39 – $46.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $75.90 $11.39 – $46.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $107.80 $10.25 – $20.50

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