Elisa hiv-1/hiv-2 screen 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

$173.25

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.

$173.25

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.

$9.27 with Cigna vs $138.60 with CCO, Inc. — 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 $9.27 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $11.18 ↓ -94%
Cigna Comm $13.91 ↓ -92%
BCBS TRICARE $17.59 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.59 ↓ -90%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $18.29 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.29 ↓ -89%
United MGMCR $18.66 ↓ -89%
Celtic MCR $18.66 ↓ -89%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.57 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $22.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.79 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $27.80 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $32.22 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $32.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $32.92 ↓ -81%
Aetna Local $34.57 ↓ -80%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $34.65 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $34.65 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $36.56 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $36.56 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $36.56 ↓ -79%
Aetna National $42.44 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $45.91 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $45.91 ↓ -74%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $51.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $51.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $51.98 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $60.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $64.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $64.10 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $67.57 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $67.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $69.65 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $69.65 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $71.03 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $74.50 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $86.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $88.36 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $91.82 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $112.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $128.21 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $129.94 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $138.60 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $138.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $138.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $138.60 ↓ -20%

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Elisa hiv-1/hiv-2 screen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $376.52 $9.27 – $27.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $18.29 – $61.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $18.29 – $61.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $17.92 – $31.64
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $18.29 – $61.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $18.29 – $61.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $18.29 – $61.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $16.46 – $32.92

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