Butorphanol tartrate 1 mg 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

$85.65

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.

$85.65

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.

$4.69 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $85.65 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 $4.69 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $4.69 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $5.54 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.65 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.67 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.76 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.76 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $5.76 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $6.80 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.14 ↓ -89%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.84 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.84 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.56 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $21.50 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $25.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $31.69 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $31.69 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $33.40 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $33.40 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $34.43 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.12 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $38.54 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $38.54 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $38.54 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $41.11 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $42.83 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $42.83 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $42.83 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $51.39 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $55.67 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $55.67 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $55.67 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $55.67 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $63.38 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $64.24 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $68.52 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $68.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $68.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $68.52 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $76.23 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $78.80 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $85.65 ↑ +0%

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Butorphanol tartrate 1 mg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $82.56 $4.69 – $6.80
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $56.04 $3.94 – $5.54
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $98.86 $5.54 – $7.37
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $35.94 $8.59 – $8.59
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $56.04 $3.94 – $13.17
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $90.50 $4.69 – $5.76
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $9.41 $4.88 – $5.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $4.90 – $5.88

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