Culture anaerobic except 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

$157.50

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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.

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$157.50

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.

$4.80 with Cigna vs $126.00 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 $4.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $5.79 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $7.21 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $9.11 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.11 ↓ -94%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.47 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $9.66 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.66 ↓ -94%
Celtic MCR $9.66 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $9.85 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.85 ↓ -94%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.13 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $11.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.35 ↓ -92%
United MOMGMCD $13.73 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $14.39 ↓ -91%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.75 ↓ -91%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.75 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAccess $14.75 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $16.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna Local $17.90 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $19.72 ↓ -87%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.24 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $20.48 ↓ -87%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $20.55 ↓ -87%
Aetna National $21.97 ↓ -86%
Humana POS $23.15 ↓ -85%
Humana ASO $23.15 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $23.15 ↓ -85%
Humana EPO $23.15 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $23.15 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $29.30 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $29.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $29.93 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $31.50 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare MCR $55.13 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $58.27 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $58.27 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $61.42 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $61.42 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $63.31 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $63.31 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $64.58 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $67.72 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $78.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $80.33 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $83.47 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $102.38 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $116.55 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $118.13 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $126.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $126.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $126.00 ↓ -20%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $457.43 $4.80 – $20.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $70.95 $9.47 – $39.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $70.95 $9.47 – $39.04
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $71.50 $9.28 – $20.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $70.95 $9.47 – $39.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $70.95 $9.47 – $39.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $70.95 $9.47 – $39.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $47.85 $8.52 – $17.05

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