Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg 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.

$0.31 with HealthyBlue vs $1.54 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.31
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.34
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.37
United OptionsPPO $0.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.46
BCBS Traditional $0.57
BCBS Participating $0.57
BCBS PC $0.60
BCBS FreedomNetwork $0.60
Coventry WCOMP $0.62
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $0.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $0.74
Cigna LifeSource COMM $0.77
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $0.77
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $0.77
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $0.92
BCBS TRICARE $0.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.95
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1.00
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1.00
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1.00
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1.01
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1.14
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1.16
CCO, Inc. COMM $1.23
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1.23
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1.23
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1.23
Optum Health COMM $1.37
Optum Transplant COMM $1.42
Optum Health MCD $1.54
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital

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Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.95 – $0.95
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $342.39 $0.63 – $0.63
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $1,160.25 $270.00 – $712.50
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $101.60 $1.01 – $1.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.86 – $0.95
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.86 – $0.95
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.80 – $1.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.86 – $1.32

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