Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$210.75

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.

$210.75

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.

$3.35 with Cigna vs $168.60 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 $3.35 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $4.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $5.03 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $6.36 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.36 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $6.61 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.74 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $6.74 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $6.74 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $6.87 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.87 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $7.07 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.32 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $9.58 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $10.05 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $12.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.90 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.90 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $13.90 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.17 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $14.55 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna National $15.33 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $16.17 ↓ -92%
Humana POS $16.17 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $16.17 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $16.17 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $16.17 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $27.40 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $39.20 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $40.04 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $40.04 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $42.15 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare MCR $73.76 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $77.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $77.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $82.19 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $82.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $84.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $84.72 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $86.41 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $90.62 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $105.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $107.48 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $111.70 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $136.99 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $155.96 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $158.06 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $168.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $168.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $168.60 ↓ -20%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $413.55 $3.35 – $14.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $146.30 $6.61 – $27.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $146.30 $6.61 – $27.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $49.50 $6.48 – $14.12
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $146.30 $6.61 – $27.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $146.30 $6.61 – $27.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $146.30 $6.61 – $27.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $36.30 $5.95 – $11.90

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