Cytopath smear other source 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

$110.75

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.

$110.75

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.

$14.40 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $110.75 with United 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $14.40 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $20.60 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $21.04 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $21.04 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $21.04 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $22.15 ↓ -80%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $27.39 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalKC $33.01 ↓ -70%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $35.84 ↓ -68%
Aetna KCCarePlus $36.44 ↓ -67%
Unicare MGMCD $36.55 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.55 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $38.76 ↓ -65%
BCBS Participating $40.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $40.98 ↓ -63%
Cigna Comm $41.09 ↓ -63%
Home State Health Plan MCD $42.52 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $43.19 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $43.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $43.52 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $44.52 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $44.52 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $45.41 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $47.62 ↓ -57%
Humana EPO $50.73 ↓ -54%
Humana PPO $50.73 ↓ -54%
Humana ASO $50.73 ↓ -54%
Humana POS $50.73 ↓ -54%
Humana HMO $50.73 ↓ -54%
United MOMGMCD $50.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna National $53.27 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $55.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $56.48 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $58.70 ↓ -47%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $67.49 ↓ -39%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $71.66 ↓ -35%
BCBS BlueAccess $71.66 ↓ -35%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $71.66 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $71.99 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $80.14 ↓ -28%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $81.95 ↓ -26%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $82.25 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $83.06 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $83.06 ↓ -25%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $83.52 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $88.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $88.60 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $88.60 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $110.75 ↑ +0%

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Cytopath smear other source at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $241.15 $23.02 – $83.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $56.65 $24.67 – $150.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $56.65 $24.67 – $150.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $74.80 $24.67 – $85.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $56.65 $24.67 – $150.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $56.65 $24.67 – $150.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $56.65 $24.67 – $150.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $120.45 $22.20 – $52.15

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