Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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 (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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$11.86 with United vs $213.01 with Optum Health — 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

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
United KSMGMCD $11.86
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.10
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.33
Unicare MGMCD $12.33
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.33
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.35
United MOMGMCD $17.20
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $27.69
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $34.78
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $39.62
NHC Advantage MGMCD $40.47
Oscar HIX $40.47
NHC Advantage MGMCR $40.47
CorVel Corporation KSWC $41.31
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $42.39
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $42.60
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $43.05
Humana EPO $44.95
Humana HMO $44.95
Humana ASO $44.95
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.86
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $46.86
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $51.12
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $52.83
United OptionsPPO $53.47
Humana PPO $56.45
Humana POS $56.45
Cigna LocalKC $62.88
BCBS BlueAccess $63.90
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $63.90
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $63.90
Aetna IVLHIX $65.18
Aetna KCCarePlus $70.08
Universal Healthcare MCR $74.55
Cigna Comm $78.60
BCBS Participating $78.81
BCBS Traditional $78.81
BCBS PC $83.07
BCBS FreedomNetwork $83.07
Aetna Local $83.71
Coventry WCOMP $85.63
Aetna FHMedicalRental $85.63
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $87.33
College Park Family Care Center COMM $91.59
BCBS MCRPPO $95.85
BCBS MCRHMO $95.85
United GlobalBenefitPlan $95.85
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $102.24
Aetna National $102.46
Cigna LifeSource COMM $106.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $106.50
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $106.50
Aetna NATIONALNAP $108.64
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $112.90
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $127.81
CorVel Corporation MOWC $138.46
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $138.46
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $138.46
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $138.46
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $157.63
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $159.76
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $159.76
CCO, Inc. COMM $170.41
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $170.41
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $170.41
Optum Health COMM $189.58
Optum Transplant COMM $195.97
Optum Health MCD $213.01

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Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $12.10 – $43.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $151.25 $24.66 – $65.73
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $151.25 $24.66 – $65.73
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $178.75 $28.31 – $40.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $151.25 $24.66 – $65.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $151.25 $24.66 – $65.73
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $151.25 $24.66 – $65.73
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $309.65 $38.63 – $38.63

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