Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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.

$1.94 with United vs $48.91 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 $1.94
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.98
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.02
Unicare MGMCD $2.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.21
BCBS TRICARE $2.21
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.67
United AllPayerAppendix $3.20
United MOMGMCD $3.20
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.76
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.76
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $11.74
United OptionsPPO $12.28
BCBS BlueAccess $14.67
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.67
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.67
BCBS Participating $18.10
BCBS Traditional $18.10
BCBS PC $19.07
BCBS FreedomNetwork $19.07
Coventry WCOMP $19.66
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $20.05
BCBS MCRHMO $22.01
United GlobalBenefitPlan $22.01
BCBS MCRPPO $22.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $23.48
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $24.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $24.45
Cigna LifeSource COMM $24.45
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $29.35
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $31.79
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $31.79
CorVel Corporation MOWC $31.79
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $31.79
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $36.19
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $36.68
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $39.13
CCO, Inc. COMM $39.13
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $39.13
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $39.13
Optum Health COMM $43.53
Optum Transplant COMM $45.00
Optum Health MCD $48.91
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital

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Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.98 – $3.20
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $162.36 $2.60 – $2.60
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $36.18 $1.94 – $2.51
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $55.41 $2.92 – $2.92
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $71.60 $1.62 – $4.46
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.00 – $5.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.00 – $5.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.01 – $3.87

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