Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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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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.

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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.

$4.79 with Cigna vs $93.40 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 $4.79
Cigna LocalKC $5.77
Cigna Comm $7.18
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.34
Unicare MGMCD $8.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.08
BCBS TRICARE $9.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.44
United Behavioral Health VACCN $9.44
Celtic MCR $9.63
United MGMCR $9.63
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.70
Pyramid Life MCR $10.10
United MOMGMCD $11.63
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.31
Oscar HIX $14.35
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $15.18
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $16.61
Aetna Local $17.84
CorVel Corporation KSWC $19.72
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $19.86
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $19.86
BCBS BlueAccess $19.86
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.24
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $20.55
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $21.72
Aetna National $21.90
NHC Advantage MGMCD $22.18
NHC Advantage MGMCR $22.18
Humana EPO $23.09
Humana ASO $23.09
Humana HMO $23.09
Humana PPO $23.09
Humana POS $23.09
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $23.35
Universal Healthcare MCR $40.86
BCBS Traditional $43.20
BCBS Participating $43.20
BCBS FreedomNetwork $45.53
BCBS PC $45.53
Aetna FHMedicalRental $46.93
Coventry WCOMP $46.93
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $47.87
College Park Family Care Center COMM $50.20
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $58.38
Aetna NATIONALNAP $59.54
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $61.88
CorVel Corporation MOWC $75.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $86.39
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $87.56
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $93.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $93.40
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $93.40

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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $4.79 – $20.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $38.50 $9.25 – $20.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $41.25 $9.44 – $38.94
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $72.05 $8.50 – $16.99

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