Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative 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.

$4.16 with Cigna vs $19.03 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4.16
Cigna LocalKC $5.01
Cigna Comm $6.24
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.11
Unicare MGMCD $7.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.89
BCBS TRICARE $7.89
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.20
United Behavioral Health VACCN $8.20
United MGMCR $8.36
Celtic MCR $8.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.43
Pyramid Life MCR $8.77
United MOMGMCD $10.11
Aetna KCCarePlus $11.56
Oscar HIX $12.46
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $12.98
CorVel Corporation KSWC $15.41
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $15.43
BCBS BlueAccess $15.43
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $15.43
Aetna Local $15.50
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $15.81
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.06
Humana HMO $17.93
Humana ASO $17.93
Humana POS $17.93
Humana EPO $17.93
Humana PPO $17.93
Aetna National $19.03

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Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $445.79 $4.16 – $16.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $9.90 $8.20 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $114.40 $7.38 – $14.76
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $57.20 $6.97 – $11.37

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