Caspofungin acetate 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.

$3.34 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $229.39 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 $3.34
BCBS TRICARE $3.34
United KSMGMCD $3.82
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.90
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.97
Unicare MGMCD $3.97
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.04
United MOMGMCD $4.84
United AllPayerAppendix $6.30
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $50.47
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $50.47
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $55.05
United OptionsPPO $57.58
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $68.82
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $68.82
BCBS BlueAccess $68.82
BCBS Participating $84.87
BCBS Traditional $84.87
BCBS FreedomNetwork $89.46
BCBS PC $89.46
Coventry WCOMP $92.21
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $94.05
BCBS MCRHMO $103.23
United GlobalBenefitPlan $103.23
BCBS MCRPPO $103.23
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $110.11
Cigna LifeSource COMM $114.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $114.69
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $114.69
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $137.63
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $149.10
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $149.10
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $149.10
CorVel Corporation MOWC $149.10
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $169.75
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $172.04
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $183.51
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $183.51
CCO, Inc. COMM $183.51
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $183.51
Optum Health COMM $204.16
Optum Transplant COMM $211.04
Optum Health MCD $229.39

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Caspofungin acetate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $3.34 – $4.84
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $231.63 $3.34 – $3.97
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.64 – $9.50
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.64 – $9.50
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $3.58 – $47.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2.64 – $9.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $2.64 – $9.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $2.64 – $9.50

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