Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$378.50

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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$378.50

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.

$8.56 with Cigna vs $302.80 with CCO, Inc. — 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 $8.56 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $10.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $12.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS TRICARE $16.23 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $16.23 ↓ -96%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.87 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.21 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $17.21 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $17.21 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $17.54 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.54 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $18.05 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.78 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $24.46 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $25.64 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna Local $31.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $35.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $35.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAccess $35.53 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.76 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.70 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $39.13 ↓ -90%
Humana ASO $41.28 ↓ -89%
Humana POS $41.28 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $41.28 ↓ -89%
Humana EPO $41.28 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $41.28 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $49.20 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $70.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $71.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $71.92 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $75.70 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare MCR $132.47 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $140.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $140.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $147.62 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $147.62 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $152.16 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $152.16 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $155.19 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $162.75 ↓ -57%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $189.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $193.03 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $200.60 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $246.03 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $280.09 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $283.88 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $302.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $302.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $302.80 ↓ -20%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $759.94 $8.56 – $37.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $73.15 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $73.15 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $73.15 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $73.15 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $73.15 $16.87 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $343.20 $15.18 – $30.37
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $121.55 $16.87 – $23.38

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