Esmolol 2,500 mg/250 ml (10 mg/ml) IV wrapper osm only 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.

$0.21 with United vs $82.85 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 $0.21
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.21
Unicare MGMCD $0.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.22
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.22
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.28
BCBS TRICARE $0.28
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.34
United AllPayerAppendix $0.35
United MOMGMCD $0.41
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.23
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.23
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $19.88
United OptionsPPO $20.80
BCBS Traditional $30.65
BCBS Participating $30.65
BCBS FreedomNetwork $32.31
BCBS PC $32.31
Coventry WCOMP $33.31
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $33.97
BCBS MCRHMO $37.28
BCBS MCRPPO $37.28
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.28
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $39.77
Cigna LifeSource COMM $41.42
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $41.42
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.42
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $49.71
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $53.85
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $53.85
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.85
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $53.85
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $61.31
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $62.14
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $66.28
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $66.28
CCO, Inc. COMM $66.28
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $66.28
Optum Health COMM $73.74
Optum Transplant COMM $76.22
Optum Health MCD $82.85
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital

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Esmolol 2,500 mg/250 ml (10 mg/ml) IV wrapper osm only at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.21 – $0.41
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $420.87 $2.24 – $2.24
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $547.14 $1.68 – $3.28
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $487.50 $3.84 – $3.84
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $391.42 $1.68 – $4.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.33 – $0.46
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.33 – $0.46
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.40 – $0.60

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