Culture urine each isolate 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

$284.75

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.

$284.75

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.

$4.10 with Cigna vs $227.80 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 $4.10 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $4.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $6.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $7.78 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.78 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.09 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.09 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $8.25 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $8.25 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $8.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $8.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $8.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.41 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $8.41 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $8.66 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $11.41 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $11.73 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $12.30 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.54 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $15.29 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $17.26 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $17.72 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $17.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna National $18.77 ↓ -93%
Humana POS $19.82 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $19.82 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $19.82 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $19.82 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $19.82 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $37.02 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $52.96 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $54.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $54.10 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $56.95 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare MCR $99.66 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $105.36 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $105.36 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $111.05 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $111.05 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $114.47 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $114.47 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $116.75 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $122.44 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $142.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $145.22 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $150.92 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $185.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $210.72 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $213.56 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $227.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $227.80 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $227.80 ↓ -20%

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Culture urine each isolate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $562.11 $4.10 – $17.99
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $42.90 $7.92 – $33.37
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $42.90 $7.92 – $33.37
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $44.00 $7.93 – $17.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $42.90 $7.92 – $33.37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $42.90 $7.92 – $33.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $42.90 $7.92 – $33.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $66.00 $7.28 – $14.56

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