Cytopath tbs c/v redo 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.

$13.17 with HealthyBlue vs $97.96 with Aetna — 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.43
Unicare MGMCD $13.43
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.62
United MOMGMCD $18.72
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $21.40
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $22.50
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $22.50
BCBS BlueAccess $22.50
Cigna LocalKC $25.79
Humana ASO $25.86
Humana POS $25.86
Humana PPO $25.86
Humana EPO $25.86
Humana HMO $25.86
Cigna Comm $32.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $40.61
BCBS TRICARE $40.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $42.22
United Behavioral Health VACCN $42.22
United MGMCR $43.06
Celtic MCR $43.06
Pyramid Life MCR $45.18
Aetna KCCarePlus $59.53
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $60.74
Oscar HIX $64.17
CorVel Corporation KSWC $72.12
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $74.02
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $75.16
Aetna Local $79.80
Aetna National $97.96

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Cytopath tbs c/v redo at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $729.76 $12.91 – $75.16
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $752.22 $12.91 – $75.16
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $497.49 $12.91 – $75.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $15.02 – $141.01
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $15.02 – $141.01
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $17.24 – $73.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $15.02 – $141.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $15.02 – $141.01

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