Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution 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.

$3.41 with United vs $39.83 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 $3.41
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.48
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.51
Unicare MGMCD $3.55
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.55
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.55
BCBS TRICARE $4.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4.49
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.43
United AllPayerAppendix $5.63
United MOMGMCD $6.51
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.76
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.76
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $9.56
United OptionsPPO $10.00
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.95
BCBS BlueAccess $11.95
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.95
BCBS Participating $14.74
BCBS Traditional $14.74
BCBS FreedomNetwork $15.53
BCBS PC $15.53
Coventry WCOMP $16.01
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $16.33
BCBS MCRHMO $17.92
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.92
BCBS MCRPPO $17.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $19.12
Cigna LifeSource COMM $19.91
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $19.91
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $19.91
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $23.90
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $25.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $25.89
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $25.89
CorVel Corporation MOWC $25.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $29.47
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $29.87
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $31.86
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $31.86
CCO, Inc. COMM $31.86
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $31.86
Optum Health COMM $35.45
Optum Transplant COMM $36.64
Optum Health MCD $39.83

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Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $15.88 $3.48 – $6.51
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $29.85 $3.41 – $22.51
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $30.87 $4.57 – $4.57
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $32.10 $6.61 – $13.62
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $16.98 $6.61 – $13.62
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $28.72 $3.41 – $9.90
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $144.95 $3.41 – $4.71
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $159.39 $3.41 – $4.71

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