Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) 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.

$1.75 with United vs $81.94 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 $1.75
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.79
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.82
Unicare MGMCD $1.82
BCBS TRICARE $1.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.82
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.82
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.20
United MOMGMCD $2.64
United AllPayerAppendix $2.89
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.03
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.03
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $19.67
United OptionsPPO $20.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.58
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.58
BCBS BlueAccess $24.58
BCBS Participating $30.32
BCBS Traditional $30.32
BCBS FreedomNetwork $31.96
BCBS PC $31.96
Coventry WCOMP $32.94
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $33.60
BCBS MCRHMO $36.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $36.87
BCBS MCRPPO $36.87
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $39.33
Cigna LifeSource COMM $40.97
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $40.97
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $40.97
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $49.16
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $53.26
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $53.26
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $53.26
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.26
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $60.64
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $61.45
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $65.55
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $65.55
CCO, Inc. COMM $65.55
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $65.55
Optum Health COMM $72.93
Optum Transplant COMM $75.38
Optum Health MCD $81.94

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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.79 – $2.64
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $68.25 $1.75 – $1.75
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $40.30 $2.34 – $2.34
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $23.40 $1.75 – $2.96
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $130.00 $3.45 – $3.45
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.25 $1.75 – $4.02
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.36 – $3.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.36 – $3.38

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