Mayo myoglobin 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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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.

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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.

$6.55 with Cigna vs $213.62 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 $6.55
Cigna LocalKC $7.90
Cigna Comm $9.83
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $12.43
BCBS TRICARE $12.43
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $12.79
BCBS MCRPPO $12.79
BCBS MCRHMO $12.79
Optum Health MCR $12.92
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.92
Humana MCRHMO $12.92
Humana MCRPPO $12.92
Humana PFFS $12.92
Optum Transplants OONMCR $12.92
United CommunityCareNetwork $12.92
United AllPayerAppendix $12.92
United KSMGMCD $12.92
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.18
Celtic MCR $13.18
United MGMCR $13.18
Wellcare MCR $13.18
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $13.18
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.31
Unicare MGMCD $13.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.44
Pyramid Life MCR $13.82
Home State Health Plan MCD $15.63
Aetna IVLHIX $17.44
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.22
United MOMGMCD $18.73
Oscar HIX $19.64
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $22.84
Aetna Local $24.42
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.12
BCBS BlueAccess $27.22
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.22
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.22
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $27.77
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $27.84
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.26
Aetna National $29.98
Humana PPO $31.60
Humana ASO $31.60
Humana POS $31.60
Humana HMO $31.60
Humana EPO $31.60
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $39.73
NHC Advantage MGMCD $40.59
NHC Advantage MGMCR $40.59
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $42.72
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $51.27
United OptionsPPO $53.62
Universal Healthcare MCR $74.77
BCBS Traditional $79.04
BCBS Participating $79.04
BCBS FreedomNetwork $83.31
BCBS PC $83.31
Coventry WCOMP $85.88
Aetna FHMedicalRental $85.88
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $87.58
College Park Family Care Center COMM $91.86
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.13
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $102.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $106.81
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $106.81
Cigna LifeSource COMM $106.81
Aetna NATIONALNAP $108.95
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $113.22
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $128.17
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $138.85
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $138.85
CorVel Corporation MOWC $138.85
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $138.85
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $158.08
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $160.22
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $170.90
CCO, Inc. COMM $170.90
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $170.90
Optum Health COMM $190.12
Optum Transplant COMM $196.53
Optum Health MCD $213.62

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Mayo myoglobin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.55 – $31.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $83.05 $12.92 – $53.27
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $83.05 $12.92 – $53.27
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $109.45 $12.66 – $27.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $83.05 $12.92 – $53.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $83.05 $12.92 – $53.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $83.05 $12.92 – $53.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $95.70 $11.63 – $23.26

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