Sialidase enzyme assay 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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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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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.

$6.19 with Cigna vs $29.91 with Humana — 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

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 $6.19
Cigna LocalKC $7.46
Cigna Comm $9.29
BCBS TRICARE $11.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.22
United Behavioral Health VACCN $12.22
United MGMCR $12.46
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.46
Celtic MCR $12.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.71
Unicare MGMCD $12.71
Pyramid Life MCR $13.08
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.79
Aetna KCCarePlus $17.23
United MOMGMCD $17.72
Oscar HIX $18.57
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $21.80
Aetna Local $23.10
CorVel Corporation KSWC $25.89
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $26.57
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $26.98
Aetna National $28.36
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $29.09
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $29.09
BCBS BlueAccess $29.09
Humana ASO $29.91
Humana POS $29.91
Humana EPO $29.91
Humana PPO $29.91
Humana HMO $29.91

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Sialidase enzyme assay at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $6.19 – $26.98
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $53.28 $6.19 – $26.98
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $12.22 – $50.37
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $12.22 – $50.37
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $11.98 – $26.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $12.22 – $50.37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $12.22 – $50.37
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $12.22 – $50.37

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