Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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Cash price 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 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.
$0.02 with United vs $1.03 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.02 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $0.06 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $0.06 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $0.15 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $0.21 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $0.21 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $0.22 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $0.22 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $0.22 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $0.23 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $0.23 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $0.23 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $0.24 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $0.24 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $0.24 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $0.25 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $0.26 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $0.29 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $0.30 | — |
| Humana | POS | $0.30 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $0.31 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $0.31 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $0.31 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $0.31 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $0.34 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $0.38 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $0.38 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $0.40 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $0.40 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $0.40 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $0.41 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $0.42 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $0.42 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $0.46 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $0.46 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $0.46 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $0.49 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $0.49 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $0.52 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $0.52 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $0.52 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $0.61 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $0.62 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $0.67 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $0.67 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $0.67 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $0.67 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $0.76 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $0.77 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $0.82 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $0.82 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $0.82 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $0.82 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $0.92 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $0.95 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $1.03 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | $1.98 | $0.06 – $0.06 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $4.87 | $0.16 – $0.16 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $6.12 | $0.09 – $0.18 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $4.87 | $0.06 – $0.06 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $33.49 | $0.02 – $0.26 |
| Mercy Primary Care - Bernie | Bernie | $20.64 | $0.01 – $0.06 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $0.02 – $0.15 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $0.02 – $0.15 |