Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection 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

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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.

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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.

$1.33 with United vs $90.50 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 $1.33
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.36
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.37
Unicare MGMCD $1.38
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.38
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.38
BCBS TRICARE $1.57
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.57
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.90
United AllPayerAppendix $2.19
United MOMGMCD $2.28
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.91
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.91
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.72
United OptionsPPO $22.72
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.15
BCBS BlueAccess $27.15
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.15
BCBS Participating $33.48
BCBS Traditional $33.48
BCBS FreedomNetwork $35.30
BCBS PC $35.30
Coventry WCOMP $36.38
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $37.10
BCBS MCRHMO $40.73
United GlobalBenefitPlan $40.73
BCBS MCRPPO $40.73
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $43.44
Cigna LifeSource COMM $45.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $45.25
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $45.25
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $54.30
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $58.83
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $58.83
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $58.83
CorVel Corporation MOWC $58.83
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $66.97
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $67.88
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $72.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $72.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $72.40
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $72.40
Optum Health COMM $80.55
Optum Transplant COMM $83.26
Optum Health MCD $90.50

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Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.36 – $2.28
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $21.16 $1.33 – $8.70
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $29.25 $1.78 – $1.78
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $29.57 $1.33 – $2.18
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $13.65 $2.53 – $2.53
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $45.34 $2.66 – $6.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.74 – $3.10
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.74 – $3.10

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