Cefazolin 10 mg/10 ml (dilution #2) IV desensitization - cnr 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.

$0.19 with Aetna Coventry vs $1.37 with United — 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.19
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $0.19
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.21
United OptionsPPO $0.22
BCBS BlueAccess $0.26
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $0.26
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $0.26
BCBS Participating $0.32
BCBS Traditional $0.32
BCBS PC $0.34
BCBS FreedomNetwork $0.34
Coventry WCOMP $0.35
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $0.36
BCBS MCRHMO $0.39
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.39
BCBS MCRPPO $0.39
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $0.42
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $0.43
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $0.43
Cigna LifeSource COMM $0.43
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $0.52
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $0.57
CorVel Corporation MOWC $0.57
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $0.57
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $0.57
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $0.64
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $0.65
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $0.70
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $0.70
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $0.70
CCO, Inc. COMM $0.70
Optum Health COMM $0.77
Optum Transplant COMM $0.80
BCBS TRICARE $0.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.83
United KSMGMCD $0.83
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.85
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.86
Unicare MGMCD $0.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.86
Optum Health MCD $0.87
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.00
United MOMGMCD $1.20
United AllPayerAppendix $1.37

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Cefazolin 10 mg/10 ml (dilution #2) IV desensitization - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.83 – $1.20
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $17.69 $1.66 – $9.10
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $19.01 $2.22 – $2.22
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $24.72 $1.62 – $2.46
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $19.01 $2.86 – $2.86
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $60.45 $0.81 – $1.82
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $8.25 $0.80 – $3.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.98 – $1.34

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