Western blot test at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$913.82
Cash price 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.
$913.82
Gross charge 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.
$8.63 with Cigna vs $913.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $8.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $10.41 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Comm | $12.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $16.10 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $16.38 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $16.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $16.86 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $16.86 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $16.86 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCRHMO | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCRPPO | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PFFS | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Optum Transplants | OONMCR | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Optum Health | MCR | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CommunityCareNetwork | $17.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Celtic | MCR | $17.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $17.37 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCR | $17.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $17.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $18.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $22.99 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $24.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Oscar | HIX | $25.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $30.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Local | $32.19 | ↓ -96% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $35.76 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $35.89 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $35.89 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $35.89 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $36.70 | ↓ -96% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $37.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | National | $39.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | POS | $41.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | ASO | $41.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HMO | $41.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | EPO | $41.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | PPO | $41.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $118.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $169.97 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $173.63 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $173.63 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $182.76 | ↓ -80% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $182.76 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $219.32 | ↓ -76% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $229.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $274.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $319.84 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $338.11 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $338.11 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $356.39 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $356.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $367.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $367.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $374.67 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $392.94 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $411.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $438.63 | ↓ -52% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $456.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $456.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $456.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $466.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $484.32 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $548.29 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $593.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $593.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $593.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $593.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $676.23 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $685.37 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $731.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $731.06 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $731.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $813.30 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $840.71 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $913.82 | ↑ +0% |
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Western blot test at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $456.25 | $8.63 – $41.68 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $162.50 | $17.56 – $23.61 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $197.60 | $17.03 – $24.12 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $148.85 | $15.15 – $63.06 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $107.90 | $12.98 – $99.65 |
| LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | Lee's Summit | $932.57 | $8.63 – $37.26 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | $573.20 | $16.10 – $37.26 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $17.03 – $70.21 |