Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/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.

$7.07 with BCBS vs $89.69 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
BCBS TRICARE $7.07
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.07
United KSMGMCD $7.57
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.72
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.80
Unicare MGMCD $7.87
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.87
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.87
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.55
United MOMGMCD $10.25
United AllPayerAppendix $12.49
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.73
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.53
United OptionsPPO $22.51
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $26.91
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $26.91
BCBS BlueAccess $26.91
BCBS Traditional $33.19
BCBS Participating $33.19
BCBS PC $34.98
BCBS FreedomNetwork $34.98
Coventry WCOMP $36.06
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $36.77
United GlobalBenefitPlan $40.36
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $43.05
Cigna LifeSource COMM $44.84
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $44.84
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $44.84
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $53.81
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $58.30
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $58.30
CorVel Corporation MOWC $58.30
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $58.30
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $66.37
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $67.27
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $71.75
CCO, Inc. COMM $71.75
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $71.75
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $71.75
Optum Health COMM $79.82
Optum Transplant COMM $82.51
Optum Health MCD $89.69

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.07 – $10.25
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $884.44 $7.80 – $30.28
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $1,101.88 $20.28 – $20.28
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $1,028.42 $7.80 – $442.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $881.50 $5.20 – $52.99
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $881.50 $7.73 – $264.95
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $884.44 $7.42 – $50.67
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $7.97 – $13.26

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