Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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.

$2.51 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 $2.51 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $3.03 ↓ -94%
Cigna Comm $3.77 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.76 ↓ -91%
BCBS TRICARE $4.76 ↓ -91%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $4.95 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.95 ↓ -91%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.05 ↓ -91%
Celtic MCR $5.05 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.15 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $5.15 ↓ -90%
Pyramid Life MCR $5.30 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.99 ↓ -89%
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.98 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6.99 ↓ -87%
United MOMGMCD $7.18 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $7.52 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.82 ↓ -84%
Aetna Local $9.36 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $10.00 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $10.21 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $10.21 ↓ -81%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $10.43 ↓ -81%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $10.43 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueAccess $10.43 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $10.48 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $10.75 ↓ -80%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.75 ↓ -80%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.92 ↓ -80%
Aetna National $11.49 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $12.10 ↓ -77%
Humana EPO $12.10 ↓ -77%
Humana ASO $12.10 ↓ -77%
Humana POS $12.10 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $12.10 ↓ -77%
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. WORKERSCOMPPPO $43.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $43.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $43.00 ↓ -20%

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $288.73 $2.51 – $10.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $28.05 $4.95 – $20.41
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $28.05 $4.95 – $20.41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $38.50 $4.85 – $10.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $28.05 $4.95 – $20.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $28.05 $4.95 – $20.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $28.05 $4.95 – $20.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $38.50 $4.46 – $8.91

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