Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen 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

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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.

$8.34 with Cigna vs $40.28 with Humana — 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 $8.34
Cigna LocalKC $10.05
Cigna Comm $12.51
HealthyBlue MGMCD $14.26
Unicare MGMCD $14.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.54
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $15.82
BCBS TRICARE $15.82
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.45
United Behavioral Health VACCN $16.45
Celtic MCR $16.78
United MGMCR $16.78
Home State Health Plan MCD $16.92
Pyramid Life MCR $17.60
United MOMGMCD $20.27
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.19
Oscar HIX $25.00
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $29.07
Aetna Local $31.09
CorVel Corporation KSWC $34.52
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.69
BCBS BlueAccess $34.69
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.69
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $35.43
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $35.98
Aetna National $38.16
Humana HMO $40.28
Humana EPO $40.28
Humana POS $40.28
Humana PPO $40.28
Humana ASO $40.28

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Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $497.08 $8.34 – $35.98
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $137.50 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $137.50 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $292.60 $16.12 – $35.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $137.50 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $137.50 $16.45 – $67.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $137.50 $16.45 – $67.84
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $141.70 $13.98 – $22.81

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →