Mayo chromium 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

$831.83

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.

$831.83

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.

$10.28 with Cigna vs $831.83 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
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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 $10.28 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $12.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $15.42 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $17.24 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.58 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $17.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.93 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.93 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $17.93 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $19.51 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $19.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.08 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $20.08 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.08 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $20.28 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $20.28 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $20.28 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $20.28 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.28 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $20.28 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.28 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $20.28 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $20.69 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $20.69 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $20.69 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $20.69 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.86 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $21.70 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $25.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $27.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $28.60 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $30.83 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $36.34 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $38.33 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $42.73 ↓ -95%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $42.73 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAccess $42.73 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $43.15 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $44.28 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $44.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $47.05 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $49.63 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $49.63 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $49.63 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $49.63 ↓ -94%
Humana EPO $49.63 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $108.14 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $154.72 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $158.05 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $158.05 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $166.37 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $199.64 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $208.79 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $291.14 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $307.78 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $307.78 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $324.41 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $324.41 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $334.40 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $334.40 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $341.05 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $357.69 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $374.32 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $399.28 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $415.92 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $415.92 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $415.92 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $424.23 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $440.87 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $499.10 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $540.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $540.69 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $540.69 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $540.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $615.55 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $623.87 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $665.46 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $665.46 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $665.46 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $740.33 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $765.28 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $831.83 ↑ +0%

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Mayo chromium at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $414.50 $10.28 – $49.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $63.25 $20.28 – $83.63
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $63.25 $20.28 – $83.63
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $74.80 $19.87 – $43.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $63.25 $20.28 – $83.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $63.25 $20.28 – $83.63
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $63.25 $20.28 – $83.63
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $107.80 $18.25 – $36.50

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