Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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

$1,107.36

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.

$1,107.36

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.

$5.71 with Cigna vs $1,107.36 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 $5.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $6.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $8.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.64 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $10.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $10.83 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $11.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $11.15 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $11.26 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.26 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $11.26 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $11.26 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $11.26 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $11.26 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $11.26 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.26 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $11.26 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.49 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $11.49 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $11.49 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $11.49 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $11.49 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $11.60 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $11.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.71 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.71 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $12.05 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $15.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $15.88 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $16.33 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $17.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $18.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.62 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $20.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $21.28 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $21.41 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $21.41 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $21.41 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $21.41 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $21.41 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $24.04 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $24.68 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $25.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $26.12 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $143.96 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $205.97 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $210.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $210.40 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $221.47 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $265.77 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $277.95 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $387.58 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $409.72 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $409.72 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $431.87 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $431.87 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $445.16 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $445.16 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $454.02 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $476.16 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $498.31 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $531.53 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $553.68 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $553.68 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $553.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $564.75 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $586.90 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $664.42 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $719.78 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $719.78 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $719.78 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $719.78 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $819.45 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $830.52 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $885.89 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $885.89 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $885.89 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $985.55 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,018.77 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,107.36 ↑ +0%

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Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $29.15 $11.26 – $46.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $29.15 $11.26 – $46.43
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $29.15 $11.03 – $24.05
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SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $29.15 $11.26 – $46.43
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SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $59.95 $10.13 – $20.27
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