Dexmedetomidine film, 1 mcg 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.

$0.72 with United vs $106.00 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 $0.72
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.73
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.75
Unicare MGMCD $0.75
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.75
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.87
United MOMGMCD $1.04
United AllPayerAppendix $1.45
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $13.78
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $19.72
NHC Advantage MGMCD $20.14
Oscar HIX $20.14
NHC Advantage MGMCR $20.14
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $21.20
Humana HMO $22.37
Humana EPO $22.37
Humana ASO $22.37
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $23.32
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.32
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $25.44
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $26.29
United OptionsPPO $26.61
Humana PPO $28.09
Humana POS $28.09
Cigna LocalKC $31.29
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $31.80
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $31.80
BCBS BlueAccess $31.80
Aetna IVLHIX $32.44
Universal Healthcare MCR $37.10
Cigna Comm $39.11
BCBS Participating $39.22
BCBS Traditional $39.22
BCBS FreedomNetwork $41.34
BCBS PC $41.34
Coventry WCOMP $42.61
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $43.46
College Park Family Care Center COMM $45.58
BCBS MCRPPO $47.70
BCBS MCRHMO $47.70
United GlobalBenefitPlan $47.70
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $50.88
Cigna LifeSource COMM $53.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $53.00
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $53.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $56.18
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $63.60
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $68.90
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $68.90
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $68.90
CorVel Corporation MOWC $68.90
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $78.44
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $79.50
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $79.50
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $84.80
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $84.80
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $84.80
CCO, Inc. COMM $84.80
Optum Health COMM $94.34
Optum Transplant COMM $97.52
Optum Health MCD $106.00

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Dexmedetomidine film, 1 mcg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.73 – $1.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.07 – $1.07
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.07 – $1.07
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.65 – $0.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1.07 – $1.07
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1.07 – $1.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1.07 – $1.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $0.69 – $0.69

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