Epinephrine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$91.53

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.

$91.53

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.

$4.95 with United vs $91.53 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 AllPayerAppendix $4.95 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.31 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.14 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.14 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.97 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $22.97 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $27.46 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $27.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $27.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $33.87 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $33.87 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $35.70 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $35.70 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $36.80 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $37.53 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRPPO $41.19 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $41.19 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $41.19 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $43.93 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $45.77 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $45.77 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $45.77 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $54.92 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $59.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $59.49 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $59.49 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $59.49 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $67.73 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $68.65 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $68.65 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $73.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $73.22 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $73.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $73.22 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $81.46 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $84.21 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $91.53 ↑ +0%

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Epinephrine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $49.07 $37.10 – $37.10
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $45.64 $31.80 – $61.52
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $91.53 $4.95 – $4.95
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $42.00 $4.95 – $4.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.54 – $2.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.54 – $2.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $4.69 – $4.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2.54 – $2.54

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