Prealbumin 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

$460.00

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.

$460.00

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.

$7.39 with Cigna vs $368.00 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 $7.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $8.91 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $11.09 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.65 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.90 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $12.90 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $14.03 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $14.03 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.59 ↓ -97%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $14.59 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $14.88 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $14.88 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.00 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $15.61 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $17.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna KCCarePlus $20.58 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $22.18 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $25.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $27.58 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $30.73 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $30.73 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $30.73 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.83 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.64 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $32.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna National $33.85 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $35.68 ↓ -92%
Humana POS $35.68 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $35.68 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $35.68 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $35.68 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $59.80 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $85.56 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $87.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $87.40 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $92.00 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare MCR $161.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $170.20 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $170.20 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $179.40 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $179.40 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $184.92 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $184.92 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $188.60 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $197.80 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $230.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $234.60 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $243.80 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $299.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $340.40 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $345.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $368.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $368.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $368.00 ↓ -20%

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Prealbumin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $922.28 $7.39 – $32.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $39.05 $14.59 – $60.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $39.05 $14.59 – $60.15
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $60.50 $14.30 – $31.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $39.05 $14.59 – $60.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $39.05 $14.59 – $60.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $39.05 $14.59 – $60.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $69.30 $13.13 – $26.26

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