Mayo estrone 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

$729.76

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.

$729.76

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.

$12.65 with Cigna vs $729.76 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 $12.65 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $15.25 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $18.98 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $21.00 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $21.42 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $21.63 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $21.84 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $21.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.57 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $24.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $24.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $24.70 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $24.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRHMO $24.70 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRPPO $24.95 ↓ -97%
United CommunityCareNetwork $24.95 ↓ -97%
Humana MCRHMO $24.95 ↓ -97%
Optum Health MCR $24.95 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.95 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.95 ↓ -97%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $24.95 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $24.95 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $25.41 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $25.45 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $25.45 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $25.45 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $25.45 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $26.70 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $30.45 ↓ -96%
Aetna IVLHIX $33.69 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $35.18 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $37.92 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $44.65 ↓ -94%
Aetna Local $47.16 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $52.58 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $52.58 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $52.58 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $53.02 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $54.41 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $55.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna National $57.89 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $61.07 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $61.07 ↓ -92%
Humana POS $61.07 ↓ -92%
Humana ASO $61.07 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $61.07 ↓ -92%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $94.87 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $135.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $138.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $138.65 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $145.95 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $175.14 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $183.17 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $255.42 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $270.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $270.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $284.61 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $284.61 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $293.36 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $293.36 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $299.20 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $313.80 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $328.39 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $350.28 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $364.88 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $364.88 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $364.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $372.18 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $386.77 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $437.86 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $474.34 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $474.34 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $474.34 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $474.34 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $540.02 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $547.32 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $583.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $583.81 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $583.81 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $649.49 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $671.38 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $729.76 ↑ +0%

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Mayo estrone at other Missouri hospitals

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RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $364.75 $12.65 – $61.07
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