Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$1,720.26

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.

$1,720.26

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.

$12.55 with BCBS vs $1,720.26 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
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAccess $12.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $17.91 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $21.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $26.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $33.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $33.98 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $33.98 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $34.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $34.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $34.98 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $35.33 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.33 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $35.33 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $35.33 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $35.33 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $35.33 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $35.33 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.33 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $36.04 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $36.04 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $36.04 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $36.04 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $37.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $47.69 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $49.81 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $53.70 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $62.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $66.77 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $74.59 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $76.56 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $77.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $81.96 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $86.46 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $86.46 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $86.46 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $86.46 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $86.46 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $223.63 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $319.97 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $326.85 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $326.85 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $344.05 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $344.05 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $412.86 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $431.79 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MCD $516.08 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $602.09 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $636.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $636.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $670.90 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $670.90 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $691.54 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $691.54 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $705.31 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $739.71 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $774.12 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $825.72 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $860.13 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $860.13 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $860.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $877.33 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $911.74 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,032.16 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,118.17 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,118.17 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,118.17 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,118.17 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,272.99 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,290.19 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,376.21 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,376.21 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,376.21 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,531.03 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,582.64 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,720.26 ↑ +0%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $858.75 $12.55 – $86.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $203.50 $8.46 – $145.69
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $203.50 $8.46 – $145.69
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $364.10 $9.71 – $75.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $203.50 $8.46 – $145.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $203.50 $8.46 – $145.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $203.50 $8.46 – $145.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $468.05 $15.53 – $63.59

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