Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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.

$7.08 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $86.02 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.08
BCBS TRICARE $7.08
United KSMGMCD $7.74
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.89
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.97
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.05
Unicare MGMCD $8.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.05
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.57
United MOMGMCD $10.27
United AllPayerAppendix $12.77
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.92
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $20.64
United OptionsPPO $21.59
BCBS Traditional $31.83
BCBS Participating $31.83
BCBS FreedomNetwork $33.55
BCBS PC $33.55
Coventry WCOMP $34.58
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.27
United GlobalBenefitPlan $38.71
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $41.29
Cigna LifeSource COMM $43.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $43.01
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $43.01
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $51.61
CorVel Corporation MOWC $55.91
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $55.91
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $55.91
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $55.91
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $63.65
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $64.52
CCO, Inc. COMM $68.82
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $68.82
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $68.82
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $68.82
Optum Health COMM $76.56
Optum Transplant COMM $79.14
Optum Health MCD $86.02
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.08 – $10.27
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $97.32 $7.98 – $35.10
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,605.69 $20.72 – $20.72
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $2,431.97 $7.98 – $448.40
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $2,084.55 $7.17 – $268.80
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,091.50 $7.60 – $31.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $6.88 – $15.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $6.88 – $15.54

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