Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout 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

$803.27

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.

$803.27

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.

$23.71 with United vs $803.27 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 $23.71 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $24.18 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $24.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $24.66 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $24.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.66 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $28.69 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $34.38 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $34.78 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $41.31 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $42.39 ↓ -95%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $43.05 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $104.43 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $149.41 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $152.62 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $152.62 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $152.62 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $160.65 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $169.49 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $169.49 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $169.49 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $176.72 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $176.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $192.78 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $199.21 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $201.62 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $212.87 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $212.87 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $237.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $240.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $240.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $240.98 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $245.80 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $264.28 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $281.14 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $296.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $297.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $297.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $313.28 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $313.28 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $315.69 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $322.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $322.91 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $329.34 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $345.41 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRPPO $361.47 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $361.47 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $361.47 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $385.57 ↓ -52%
Aetna National $386.37 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $401.63 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $401.63 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $401.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $409.67 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $425.73 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $481.96 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $522.13 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $522.13 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $522.13 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $522.13 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $594.42 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $602.45 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $602.45 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $642.62 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $642.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $642.62 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $714.91 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $739.01 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $803.27 ↑ +0%

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Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $24.18 – $43.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $309.10 $16.13 – $40.59
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $309.10 $16.13 – $40.59
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $191.95 $8.36 – $40.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $309.10 $16.13 – $40.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $309.10 $16.13 – $40.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $309.10 $16.13 – $40.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $355.85 $9.49 – $9.49

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