Azacitidine 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.

$0.32 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $9.33 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.32
BCBS TRICARE $0.32
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.39
United MOMGMCD $0.46
United KSMGMCD $0.46
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.47
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.48
Unicare MGMCD $0.48
United AllPayerAppendix $0.76
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2.05
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.05
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2.24
United OptionsPPO $2.34
BCBS BlueAccess $2.80
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2.80
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2.80
BCBS Participating $3.45
BCBS Traditional $3.45
BCBS PC $3.64
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3.64
Coventry WCOMP $3.75
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3.83
BCBS MCRHMO $4.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.20
BCBS MCRPPO $4.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $4.48
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4.67
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4.67
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4.67
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $5.60
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $6.06
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $6.06
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6.06
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $6.06
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6.90
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $7.00
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $7.46
CCO, Inc. COMM $7.46
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $7.46
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $7.46
Optum Health COMM $8.30
Optum Transplant COMM $8.58
Optum Health MCD $9.33
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital

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Azacitidine injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $2,174.04 $0.32 – $0.48
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $124.73 $62.00 – $62.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $80.92 $36.00 – $36.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,282.16 $29.00 – $88.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.24 – $0.61
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.24 – $0.61
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.45 – $6.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.24 – $0.61

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