Cefepime 1 gram solution for 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.

$0.87 with United vs $84.79 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
United KSMGMCD $0.87
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.89
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.90
Unicare MGMCD $0.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.90
BCBS TRICARE $1.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.20
United AllPayerAppendix $1.44
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.45
United MOMGMCD $1.74
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.65
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.65
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.35
United OptionsPPO $21.28
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.44
BCBS BlueAccess $25.44
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.44
BCBS Participating $31.37
BCBS Traditional $31.37
BCBS FreedomNetwork $33.07
BCBS PC $33.07
Coventry WCOMP $34.09
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $34.76
BCBS MCRHMO $38.16
United GlobalBenefitPlan $38.16
BCBS MCRPPO $38.16
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $40.70
Cigna LifeSource COMM $42.40
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $42.40
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $42.40
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $50.87
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $55.11
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $55.11
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $55.11
CorVel Corporation MOWC $55.11
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $62.74
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $63.59
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $67.83
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $67.83
CCO, Inc. COMM $67.83
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $67.83
Optum Health COMM $75.46
Optum Transplant COMM $78.01
Optum Health MCD $84.79

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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $103.60 $0.89 – $1.74
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $29.62 $1.74 – $14.56
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $31.85 $2.32 – $2.32
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $41.40 $1.74 – $3.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $31.85 $4.18 – $4.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $29.62 $1.74 – $5.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.43 – $2.21
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.43 – $2.21

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