Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

$37.00

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.

$37.00

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.

$8.14 with Coventry vs $82.93 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
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.14 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.14 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $8.88 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $9.29 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $11.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $13.69 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $13.69 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $14.43 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $14.43 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $14.87 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $15.17 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.65 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $16.65 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $16.65 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $17.76 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $18.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $18.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $18.50 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $22.20 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $24.05 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $24.05 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $24.05 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $24.05 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $27.38 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $27.75 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $27.75 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $29.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $29.60 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $29.60 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $29.60 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $32.93 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $34.04 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $37.00 ↑ +0%
United KSMGMCD $48.65 ↑ +31%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.62 ↑ +34%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.11 ↑ +35%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.60 ↑ +37%
Unicare MGMCD $50.60 ↑ +37%
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.60 ↑ +37%
Home State Health Plan MCD $58.87 ↑ +59%
United MOMGMCD $70.54 ↑ +91%
United AllPayerAppendix $82.93 ↑ +124%

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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $138.25 $49.62 – $70.54
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $147.05 $5.75 – $95.50
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $120.75 $48.65 – $51.08
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $89.33 $48.65 – $50.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $49.62 – $49.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $49.62 – $49.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $33.57 – $44.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $49.62 – $49.62

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