#cms hgb-carboxyhemoglobin 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

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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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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.

$7.14 with Cigna vs $32.64 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $7.14
Cigna LocalKC $8.60
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.95
Unicare MGMCD $8.95
Home State Health Plan MCD $10.42
Cigna Comm $10.71
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.75
BCBS BlueAccess $11.75
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.75
United MOMGMCD $12.48
BCBS TRICARE $13.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $13.53
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.07
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.07
United MGMCR $14.35
Celtic MCR $14.35
Humana POS $14.68
Humana ASO $14.68
Humana HMO $14.68
Humana EPO $14.68
Humana PPO $14.68
Pyramid Life MCR $15.05
Aetna KCCarePlus $19.84
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $20.25
Oscar HIX $21.39
CorVel Corporation KSWC $24.04
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $24.68
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $25.06
Aetna Local $26.59
Aetna National $32.64

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#cms hgb-carboxyhemoglobin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $7.14 – $25.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $6.87 – $46.99
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $6.87 – $46.99
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $7.89 – $24.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $6.87 – $46.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $6.87 – $46.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $6.87 – $46.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $12.62 – $25.33

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →