Assay of sialic acid at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
$522.00
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.
$522.00
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.
$6.82 with Cigna vs $417.60 with CCO, Inc. — 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 |
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| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $6.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $8.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Comm | $10.23 | ↓ -98% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $10.69 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10.90 | ↓ -98% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $10.90 | ↓ -98% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $12.68 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $12.93 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $12.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $13.44 | ↓ -97% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $13.44 | ↓ -97% |
| Celtic | MCR | $13.71 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MGMCR | $13.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $14.38 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $15.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $18.95 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $20.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $23.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Local | $25.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $28.29 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $28.29 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $28.29 | ↓ -95% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $28.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $29.10 | ↓ -94% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $29.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | National | $31.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | ASO | $32.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | POS | $32.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HMO | $32.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | EPO | $32.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $32.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $67.86 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $97.09 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $99.18 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $99.18 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $104.40 | ↓ -80% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $182.70 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $193.14 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $193.14 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $203.58 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $203.58 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $209.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $209.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $214.02 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $224.46 | ↓ -57% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $261.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $266.22 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $276.66 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $339.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $386.28 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $391.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $417.60 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $417.60 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $417.60 | ↓ -20% |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $44.55 | $13.44 – $55.41 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $44.55 | $13.44 – $55.41 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $44.55 | $13.44 – $55.41 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $44.55 | $13.44 – $55.41 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $44.55 | $13.44 – $55.41 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $44.55 | $13.44 – $55.41 |
| LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Lexington | $651.99 | $10.48 – $29.55 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $13.17 – $28.70 |