Cosyntropin 0.25 mg 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

$163.00

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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.

$163.00

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.

$20.65 with United vs $163.00 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 $20.65 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $21.06 ↓ -87%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $21.27 ↓ -87%
Unicare MGMCD $21.48 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $21.48 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.48 ↓ -87%
BCBS TRICARE $33.40 ↓ -80%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $33.40 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.07 ↓ -79%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $35.86 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $35.86 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $39.12 ↓ -76%
Home State Health Plan MCD $40.41 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $40.91 ↓ -75%
United MOMGMCD $48.43 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $48.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $48.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $48.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $60.31 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $60.31 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $63.57 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $63.57 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $65.53 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $66.83 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $73.35 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $73.35 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $73.35 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $78.24 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $81.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $81.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $81.50 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $97.80 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $105.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $105.95 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $105.95 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $105.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $120.62 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $122.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $130.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $130.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $130.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $130.40 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $145.07 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $149.96 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $163.00 ↑ +0%

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Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $21.06 – $48.43
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $322.14 $20.65 – $91.20
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $346.38 $27.65 – $27.65
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $338.84 $20.65 – $40.91
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $346.38 $47.63 – $47.63
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $322.14 $20.65 – $66.87
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $547.58 $20.65 – $35.07
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $399.37 $20.65 – $35.07

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