Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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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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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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.

$2.00 with United vs $83.71 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

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 $2.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.04
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.08
Unicare MGMCD $2.08
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.08
BCBS TRICARE $2.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.10
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.54
United MOMGMCD $3.04
United AllPayerAppendix $3.30
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.42
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.42
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.09
United OptionsPPO $21.01
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $25.11
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $25.11
BCBS BlueAccess $25.11
BCBS Participating $30.97
BCBS Traditional $30.97
BCBS FreedomNetwork $32.65
BCBS PC $32.65
Coventry WCOMP $33.65
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $34.32
BCBS MCRHMO $37.67
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.67
BCBS MCRPPO $37.67
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $40.18
Cigna LifeSource COMM $41.85
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $41.85
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.85
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $50.23
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $54.41
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $54.41
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $54.41
CorVel Corporation MOWC $54.41
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $61.95
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $62.78
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $66.97
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $66.97
CCO, Inc. COMM $66.97
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $66.97
Optum Health COMM $74.50
Optum Transplant COMM $77.01
Optum Health MCD $83.71

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.04 – $3.04
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $21.16 $4.00 – $24.50
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $22.75 $5.36 – $5.36
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $26.00 $7.88 – $7.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.70 – $3.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.70 – $3.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.93 – $5.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2.70 – $3.38

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