Uric acid test cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 15 hospitals list a cash price for uric acid blood test: from $23.00 to $885.86, with a median of $164.45. The lowest listed price is at Liberty Hospital — $141.45 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $41.60 at 63 hospitals.
- The median here, $164.45, is 265% above the US median of $45.00.
- That is 36.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.52).
- Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
- 9 of 15 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 11 cities for code 84550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 12, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hospital lowest Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 URIC ACID File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $79.00 | $23.70–$65.89 | 71% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 URIC ACID MAIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $25.44 | $53.00 | $4.07–$47.70 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 URIC ACID MAIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $25.44 | $53.00 | $4.75–$47.70 | 52% |
| NKC Health North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 URIC ACID BLOOD File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $40.02 | $138.00 | $4.19–$112.88 | 71% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Uric Acid Blood+1 more line at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $42.70 | $61.00 | $4.52–$59.11 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 URIC ACID File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $77.98 | $111.40 | $4.52–$94.69 | 30% |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC URIC ACID LEVEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $164.45 | $164.45 | — | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC URIC ACID LEVEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $164.45 | $164.45 | — | — |
| Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 URIC ACID BLD File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $235.29 | $235.29 | $30.59–$176.47 | — |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 Uric acid; blood +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $254.91 | $254.91 | $4.52–$254.91 | — |
| Lee's Summit Medical Center Lee's Summit, MO · (816) 282-5000 URIC ACID BLD+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $276.33 | $276.33 | $2.44–$234.88 | — |
| Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 Uric acid; blood +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $325.63 | $325.63 | $2.44–$260.50 | — |
| Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 URIC ACID BLD+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $397.14 | $397.14 | $2.44–$357.43 | — |
| Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 Uric acid; blood +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $407.71 | $407.71 | $2.44–$407.71 | — |
| Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO · (816) 698-7000 Uric acid; blood +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $885.86 | $885.86 | $2.44–$797.27 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $23.00, median $164.45, highest $885.86 — a 38.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $41.36. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What uric acid test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Uric acid test explained.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84550 ($43.57). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MOHc Assay Of Uric Acid, Blood | $4.00 | file |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KSHc Assay Of Uric Acid, Blood | $4.00 | file |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KSHc Assay Of Uric Acid, Blood | $4.00 | file |