Mayo serotonin 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

$2,647.29

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.

$2,647.29

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.

$15.71 with Cigna vs $2,647.29 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 $15.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $18.93 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $23.56 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $26.33 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $26.86 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $27.12 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.38 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $27.38 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $27.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $29.27 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $29.80 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $29.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $30.67 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $30.67 ↓ -99%
Optum Health MCR $30.98 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $30.98 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRPPO $30.98 ↓ -99%
Humana MCRHMO $30.98 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.98 ↓ -99%
United CommunityCareNetwork $30.98 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $30.98 ↓ -99%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $30.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $31.60 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $31.60 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $31.60 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $31.60 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $31.86 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $33.15 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $38.18 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $41.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $43.68 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $45.53 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $45.53 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $45.53 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $45.53 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $45.53 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $47.09 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $55.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $58.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $65.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $65.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $65.25 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $65.34 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $67.06 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $68.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $71.87 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $344.15 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $492.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $502.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $502.99 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $529.46 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $635.35 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $664.47 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $926.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $979.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $979.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,032.44 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,032.44 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,064.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,064.21 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,085.39 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,138.33 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,191.28 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,270.70 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,323.64 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,323.64 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,323.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,350.12 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,403.06 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,588.37 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,720.74 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,720.74 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,720.74 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,720.74 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,958.99 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,985.47 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,117.83 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,117.83 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,117.83 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $2,356.09 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $2,435.51 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $2,647.29 ↑ +0%

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Mayo serotonin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $187.55 $30.98 – $127.76
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $187.55 $30.98 – $127.76
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SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $187.55 $30.98 – $127.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $187.55 $30.98 – $127.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $586.30 $27.88 – $55.76
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