Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single quantitative 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.

$10.76 with Cigna vs $271.30 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 $10.76
Cigna LocalKC $12.96
Cigna Comm $16.13
United KSMGMCD $19.34
HealthyBlue MGMCD $19.73
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $19.92
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.04
Unicare MGMCD $20.11
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $20.40
BCBS TRICARE $20.40
BCBS MCRPPO $21.00
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.00
BCBS MCRHMO $21.00
Optum Health MCR $21.21
Humana MCRHMO $21.21
Humana MCRPPO $21.21
Humana PFFS $21.21
Optum Transplants OONMCR $21.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.21
United CommunityCareNetwork $21.21
United AllPayerAppendix $21.21
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $21.63
United MGMCR $21.63
Wellcare MCR $21.63
Celtic MCR $21.63
Pyramid Life MCR $22.69
Home State Health Plan MCD $23.40
United MOMGMCD $28.04
Aetna IVLHIX $28.64
Aetna KCCarePlus $29.91
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.63
Oscar HIX $32.24
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.69
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.69
BCBS BlueAccess $34.69
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $35.27
CorVel Corporation KSWC $36.38
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $37.33
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.91
Aetna Local $40.09
Humana PPO $40.28
Humana ASO $40.28
Humana POS $40.28
Humana HMO $40.28
Humana EPO $40.28
Aetna National $49.21
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $50.46
NHC Advantage MGMCR $51.55
NHC Advantage MGMCD $51.55
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $54.26
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $65.11
United OptionsPPO $68.10
Universal Healthcare MCR $94.95
BCBS Traditional $100.38
BCBS Participating $100.38
BCBS FreedomNetwork $105.81
BCBS PC $105.81
Coventry WCOMP $109.06
Aetna FHMedicalRental $109.06
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $111.23
College Park Family Care Center COMM $116.66
United GlobalBenefitPlan $122.08
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $130.22
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $135.65
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $135.65
Cigna LifeSource COMM $135.65
Aetna NATIONALNAP $138.36
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $143.79
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $162.78
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $176.34
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $176.34
CorVel Corporation MOWC $176.34
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $176.34
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $200.76
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $203.47
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $217.04
CCO, Inc. COMM $217.04
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $217.04
Optum Health COMM $241.46
Optum Transplant COMM $249.60
Optum Health MCD $271.30

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Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single quantitative at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $10.76 – $40.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $132.55 $21.21 – $70.84
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $132.55 $21.21 – $70.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $273.35 $20.79 – $36.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $132.55 $21.21 – $70.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $132.55 $21.21 – $70.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $132.55 $21.21 – $70.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $236.50 $19.09 – $38.18

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