Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$91.16

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.

$91.16

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.

$11.94 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $91.16 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $11.94 ↓ -87%
BCBS TRICARE $11.94 ↓ -87%
United KSMGMCD $12.08 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $12.32 ↓ -86%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $12.44 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.56 ↓ -86%
Unicare MGMCD $12.56 ↓ -86%
Home State Health Plan MCD $14.45 ↓ -84%
United MOMGMCD $17.31 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.93 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.06 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.06 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.88 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $22.88 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $27.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $33.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $33.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $35.55 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $35.55 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $36.65 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $37.38 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $41.02 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $41.02 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $41.02 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $43.76 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $45.58 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $45.58 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $45.58 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $54.70 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $59.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $59.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $59.25 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $59.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $67.46 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $68.37 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $72.93 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $72.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $72.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $72.93 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $81.13 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $83.87 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $91.16 ↑ +0%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $11.94 – $17.31
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $84.63 $12.08 – $23.37
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $84.60 $12.08 – $30.55
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $236.00 $11.94 – $12.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $13.27 – $24.36
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $13.27 – $24.36
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $13.19 – $64.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $13.27 – $24.36

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