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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For HCO- (formyl anion)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000368 -0.003330 -0.003330 -0.002223 -0.006874 -0.006935 -0.007410 -0.036710 -0.036802 -0.012579 -0.043526 -0.033556 -0.004057 -0.025091 -0.056241 -0.004758 -0.029453 -0.057217
MP3=FULL         -0.006619   -0.007160       -0.044910 -0.034784 -0.003750 -0.025374        
MP4=FULL   -0.003133     -0.006637       -0.037859   -0.045124   -0.003689 -0.025274   -0.004397 -0.029966  
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000110 -0.000985 -0.000985 -0.000656 -0.002028 -0.002042 -0.002180 -0.010417 -0.010440 -0.003654 -0.012420 -0.009537 -0.001191 -0.007257   -0.001402 -0.008504  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.006606           -0.045077   -0.003674 -0.025299   -0.004367 -0.029994  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         -0.006608   -0.007142       -0.045094   -0.003679 -0.025342   -0.004367 -0.030046  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.006524         -0.012380 -0.044646 -0.034680 -0.003632 -0.025096 -0.057855 -0.004308 -0.029782 -0.058849
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.006610           -0.045076 -0.034883 -0.003678 -0.025315 -0.058417 -0.004370 -0.030011 -0.059431
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ