Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$53.75

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.

$53.75

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.

$3.95 with Cigna vs $43.00 with Evernorth Behavioral 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 $3.95 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalKC $4.76 ↓ -91%
Cigna Comm $5.92 ↓ -89%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.74 ↓ -87%
Unicare MGMCD $6.87 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.87 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6.99 ↓ -87%
Humana POS $7.04 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $7.04 ↓ -87%
Humana EPO $7.04 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $7.04 ↓ -87%
Humana ASO $7.04 ↓ -87%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS TRICARE $7.48 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -86%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.78 ↓ -86%
United MGMCR $7.94 ↓ -85%
Celtic MCR $7.94 ↓ -85%
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.00 ↓ -85%
Pyramid Life MCR $8.32 ↓ -85%
United MOMGMCD $9.58 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $10.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $10.21 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $10.21 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $10.75 ↓ -80%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.91 ↓ -80%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.91 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.91 ↓ -80%
Aetna KCCarePlus $10.97 ↓ -80%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.42 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $11.83 ↓ -78%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $13.57 ↓ -75%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $13.92 ↓ -74%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.14 ↓ -74%
Aetna Local $14.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna National $18.04 ↓ -66%
Universal Healthcare MCR $18.81 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $19.89 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $19.89 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $20.96 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $20.96 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $21.61 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $21.61 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $22.04 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $23.11 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $26.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $27.41 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $28.49 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $34.94 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $39.77 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $40.31 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $43.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $43.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $43.00 ↓ -20%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $215.22 $3.95 – $14.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $70.40 $7.35 – $25.99
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $70.40 $7.35 – $25.99
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $55.00 $7.62 – $13.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $70.40 $7.35 – $25.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $70.40 $7.35 – $25.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $70.40 $7.35 – $25.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $51.70 $7.00 – $14.00

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