Blood count spun microhematocrit 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

$44.25

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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.

$44.25

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.

$3.55 with Cigna vs $35.40 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 $3.55 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalKC $4.28 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $4.64 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4.64 ↓ -90%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4.64 ↓ -90%
Cigna Comm $5.32 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $5.75 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $5.79 ↓ -87%
Humana POS $5.79 ↓ -87%
Humana EPO $5.79 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $5.79 ↓ -87%
Humana ASO $5.79 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.07 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.19 ↓ -86%
Unicare MGMCD $6.19 ↓ -86%
BCBS TRICARE $6.73 ↓ -85%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.73 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.00 ↓ -84%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $7.00 ↓ -84%
Celtic MCR $7.14 ↓ -84%
United MGMCR $7.14 ↓ -84%
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.20 ↓ -84%
Pyramid Life MCR $7.49 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $8.23 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $8.41 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $8.41 ↓ -81%
United MOMGMCD $8.63 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $8.85 ↓ -80%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.86 ↓ -78%
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.87 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $10.64 ↓ -76%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.71 ↓ -74%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $12.02 ↓ -73%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $12.21 ↓ -72%
Aetna Local $13.23 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $15.49 ↓ -65%
Aetna National $16.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $16.37 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $16.37 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $17.26 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $17.26 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $17.79 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $17.79 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $18.14 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $19.03 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $22.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $22.57 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $23.45 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $28.76 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $32.74 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $33.19 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $35.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $35.40 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $35.40 ↓ -20%

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Blood count spun microhematocrit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $86.72 $3.55 – $12.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $85.80 $3.87 – $12.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $22.00 $3.37 – $23.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $99.55 $6.19 – $12.60

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