Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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.

$9.04 with Cigna vs $646.22 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 $9.04
Cigna LocalKC $10.89
Cigna Comm $13.56
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $16.85
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.15
BCBS TRICARE $17.15
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.65
BCBS MCRPPO $17.65
BCBS MCRHMO $17.65
Optum Health MCR $17.83
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.83
Humana MCRHMO $17.83
Humana MCRPPO $17.83
Humana PFFS $17.83
Optum Transplants OONMCR $17.83
United CommunityCareNetwork $17.83
United AllPayerAppendix $17.83
United KSMGMCD $17.83
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.19
Celtic MCR $18.19
United MGMCR $18.19
Wellcare MCR $18.19
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.36
Unicare MGMCD $18.54
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.54
Pyramid Life MCR $19.08
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.57
Aetna IVLHIX $24.07
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.14
United MOMGMCD $25.85
Oscar HIX $27.10
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $31.66
Aetna Local $33.70
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.57
BCBS BlueAccess $37.57
CorVel Corporation KSWC $37.60
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $38.59
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $39.18
Aetna National $41.37
Humana PPO $43.63
Humana ASO $43.63
Humana POS $43.63
Humana HMO $43.63
Humana EPO $43.63
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $84.01
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $120.20
NHC Advantage MGMCR $122.78
NHC Advantage MGMCD $122.78
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $129.24
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $155.09
United OptionsPPO $162.20
Universal Healthcare MCR $226.18
BCBS Traditional $239.10
BCBS Participating $239.10
BCBS FreedomNetwork $252.03
BCBS PC $252.03
Coventry WCOMP $259.78
Aetna FHMedicalRental $259.78
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $264.95
College Park Family Care Center COMM $277.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $290.80
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $310.19
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $323.11
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $323.11
Cigna LifeSource COMM $323.11
Aetna NATIONALNAP $329.57
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $342.50
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $387.73
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $420.04
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $420.04
CorVel Corporation MOWC $420.04
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $420.04
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $478.20
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $484.67
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $516.98
CCO, Inc. COMM $516.98
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $516.98
Optum Health COMM $575.14
Optum Transplant COMM $594.52
Optum Health MCD $646.22

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Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.04 – $43.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $66.00 $17.83 – $73.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $66.00 $17.83 – $73.51
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $99.00 $17.47 – $38.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $66.00 $17.83 – $73.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $66.00 $17.83 – $73.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $66.00 $17.83 – $73.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $183.15 $16.05 – $32.09

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