Mayo fbl culture fungi blood 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

$1,090.44

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.

$1,090.44

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.

$10.37 with Cigna vs $1,090.44 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 $10.37 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $12.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.69 ↓ -99%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.69 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAccess $14.69 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $15.56 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $17.39 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.74 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $17.91 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.09 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $18.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.09 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $18.71 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $18.71 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $18.71 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $18.71 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $18.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $19.68 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $19.68 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.26 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $20.26 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $20.46 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $20.46 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $20.46 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.46 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $20.46 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $20.46 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $20.46 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.46 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $20.87 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $20.87 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $20.87 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $20.87 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.04 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $21.89 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $25.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $27.62 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $28.85 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $29.59 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $31.10 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.14 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.07 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $36.62 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $38.67 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $47.47 ↓ -96%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $141.76 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $202.82 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $207.18 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $207.18 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $218.09 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $261.71 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $273.70 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $381.65 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $403.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $403.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $425.27 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $425.27 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $438.36 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $438.36 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $447.08 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $468.89 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $490.70 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $523.41 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $545.22 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $545.22 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $545.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $556.12 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $577.93 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $654.26 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $708.79 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $708.79 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $708.79 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $708.79 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $806.93 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $817.83 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $872.35 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $872.35 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $872.35 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $970.49 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,003.20 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,090.44 ↑ +0%

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Mayo fbl culture fungi blood at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $546.25 $10.37 – $36.62
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $79.20 $9.92 – $68.34
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $79.20 $9.92 – $68.34
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $88.00 $11.39 – $35.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $79.20 $9.92 – $68.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $79.20 $9.92 – $68.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $79.20 $9.92 – $68.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $63.80 $18.21 – $36.83

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