Lactic acid 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.

$5.87 with Cigna vs $137.20 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 $5.87
Cigna LocalKC $7.07
Cigna Comm $8.80
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.48
Unicare MGMCD $10.48
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.13
BCBS TRICARE $11.13
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.57
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.57
United MGMCR $11.80
Celtic MCR $11.80
Home State Health Plan MCD $12.20
Pyramid Life MCR $12.38
United MOMGMCD $14.62
Aetna KCCarePlus $16.32
Oscar HIX $17.59
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $19.21
Aetna Local $21.87
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $22.30
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $22.50
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $22.50
BCBS BlueAccess $22.50
CorVel Corporation KSWC $22.81
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $23.41
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $23.77
Humana POS $26.14
Humana HMO $26.14
Humana PPO $26.14
Humana EPO $26.14
Humana ASO $26.14
Aetna National $26.85
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $31.90
NHC Advantage MGMCR $32.59
NHC Advantage MGMCD $32.59
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $34.30
Universal Healthcare MCR $60.02
BCBS Traditional $63.45
BCBS Participating $63.45
BCBS FreedomNetwork $66.89
BCBS PC $66.89
Aetna FHMedicalRental $68.94
Coventry WCOMP $68.94
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $70.31
College Park Family Care Center COMM $73.75
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $85.75
Aetna NATIONALNAP $87.47
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $90.89
CorVel Corporation MOWC $111.47
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $126.91
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $128.63
CCO, Inc. COMM $137.20
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $137.20
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $137.20

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Lactic acid at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $5.87 – $23.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $183.15 $11.57 – $44.05
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $183.15 $11.57 – $44.05
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $88.00 $11.34 – $22.82
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $183.15 $11.57 – $44.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $183.15 $11.57 – $44.05
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $183.15 $11.57 – $44.05
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $51.70 $10.41 – $20.83

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