Amifostine 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

$3,303.13

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.

$3,303.13

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.

$451.95 with United vs $3,303.13 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
United KSMGMCD $451.95 ↓ -86%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $460.99 ↓ -86%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $465.51 ↓ -86%
Unicare MGMCD $470.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MCD $470.03 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $470.03 ↓ -86%
Home State Health Plan MCD $546.86 ↓ -83%
United MOMGMCD $655.33 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $722.52 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $726.69 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $726.69 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $792.75 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $829.09 ↓ -75%
BCBS Participating $1,222.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,222.16 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,288.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,288.22 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,327.86 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,354.28 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,486.41 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $1,486.41 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,486.41 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,585.50 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,651.57 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,651.57 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,651.57 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,981.88 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,147.03 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,147.03 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,147.03 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,147.03 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,444.32 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,477.35 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,477.35 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,642.50 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,642.50 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,642.50 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,642.50 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $2,939.79 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,038.88 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,303.13 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital

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Amifostine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $922.95 $460.99 – $655.33
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $3,303.13 $451.95 – $474.55
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $3,303.13 $451.95 – $474.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,092.84 – $1,092.84
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,092.84 – $1,092.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $634.78 – $973.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,092.84 – $1,092.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1,092.84 – $1,092.84

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