Fondaparinux sodium 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.

$0.86 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $150.50 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 $0.86
BCBS TRICARE $0.86
United KSMGMCD $0.88
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.90
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.92
Unicare MGMCD $0.92
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.04
United MOMGMCD $1.25
United AllPayerAppendix $1.45
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $33.11
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $33.11
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $36.12
United OptionsPPO $37.78
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $45.15
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $45.15
BCBS BlueAccess $45.15
BCBS Participating $55.69
BCBS Traditional $55.69
BCBS FreedomNetwork $58.70
BCBS PC $58.70
Coventry WCOMP $60.50
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $61.70
BCBS MCRHMO $67.72
United GlobalBenefitPlan $67.72
BCBS MCRPPO $67.72
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $72.24
Cigna LifeSource COMM $75.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $75.25
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $75.25
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $90.30
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $97.83
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $97.83
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $97.83
CorVel Corporation MOWC $97.83
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $111.37
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $112.88
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $120.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $120.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $120.40
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $120.40
Optum Health COMM $133.94
Optum Transplant COMM $138.46
Optum Health MCD $150.50

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Fondaparinux sodium at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.86 – $1.25
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $75.01 $5.90 – $5.90
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $97.51 $3.35 – $5.25
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $176.54 $6.10 – $6.10
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $164.18 $3.35 – $8.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.84 – $1.91
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.84 – $1.91
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.73 – $12.89

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