Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$3,493.70

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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.

$3,493.70

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.

$454.18 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $3,493.70 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $454.18 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $649.83 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $663.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $663.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $663.80 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $698.74 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $737.17 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $737.17 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $737.17 ↓ -79%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $768.61 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $768.61 ↓ -78%
United KSMGMCD $800.00 ↓ -77%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $816.00 ↓ -77%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $824.00 ↓ -76%
Unicare MGMCD $832.00 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup MGMCD $832.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Better Health MCD $832.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $838.49 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $866.44 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $876.92 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $925.83 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $925.83 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $1,031.34 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,069.07 ↓ -69%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,222.80 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,289.18 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,292.67 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,292.67 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,362.54 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,362.54 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,404.47 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,432.42 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,502.29 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,572.16 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,572.16 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $1,572.16 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,676.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,746.85 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,746.85 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,746.85 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,851.66 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,096.22 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,270.91 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,270.91 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,270.91 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,270.91 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,364.78 ↓ -32%
Home State Health Plan MCD $2,378.26 ↓ -32%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,585.34 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,620.28 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,620.28 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,794.96 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,794.96 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,794.96 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,794.96 ↓ -20%
United MOMGMCD $2,849.97 ↓ -18%
Optum Health COMM $3,109.39 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,214.20 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,493.70 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $816.00 – $2,849.97
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $1,820.00 $800.00 – $1,168.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,950.00 $1,360.00 – $2,925.30
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $1,950.00 $1,420.86 – $2,925.30
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,956.50 $40.46 – $2,284.82
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $9,509.50 $800.00 – $2,063.78
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $10,139.04 $800.00 – $2,063.78
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $10,414.25 $800.00 – $2,044.12

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