Cilastatin sodium 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.

$7.10 with United vs $60.50 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 $7.10
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.24
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.31
BCBS TRICARE $7.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.34
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.38
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.38
Unicare MGMCD $7.38
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.88
United MOMGMCD $10.64
United AllPayerAppendix $11.72
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $13.31
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $13.31
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $14.52
United OptionsPPO $15.19
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.15
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.15
BCBS BlueAccess $18.15
BCBS Participating $22.39
BCBS Traditional $22.39
BCBS FreedomNetwork $23.59
BCBS PC $23.59
Coventry WCOMP $24.32
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $24.80
BCBS MCRHMO $27.23
United GlobalBenefitPlan $27.23
BCBS MCRPPO $27.23
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $29.04
Cigna LifeSource COMM $30.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $30.25
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $30.25
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $36.30
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $39.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $39.33
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $39.33
CorVel Corporation MOWC $39.33
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $44.77
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $45.38
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $48.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $48.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $48.40
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $48.40
Optum Health COMM $53.84
Optum Transplant COMM $55.66
Optum Health MCD $60.50

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Cilastatin sodium injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.24 – $10.64
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $98.69 $14.20 – $28.80
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $30.00 $7.10 – $7.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $8.12 – $14.17
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $8.12 – $14.17
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $10.35 – $24.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $8.12 – $14.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $8.12 – $14.17

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