Foscarnet sodium injection 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

$1,257.66

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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$1,257.66

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.

$6.71 with United vs $1,257.66 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 $6.71 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.84 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.91 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $6.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.98 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.98 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.07 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $21.63 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $21.63 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $26.17 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $31.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $276.69 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $276.69 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $301.84 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $315.67 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $377.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $377.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $377.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $465.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $465.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $490.49 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $490.49 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $505.58 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $515.64 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $565.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $565.95 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $565.95 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $603.68 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $628.83 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $628.83 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $628.83 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $754.60 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $817.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $817.48 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $817.48 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $817.48 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $930.67 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $943.25 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,006.13 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,006.13 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,006.13 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,006.13 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,119.32 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,157.05 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,257.66 ↑ +0%

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Foscarnet sodium injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $6.84 – $31.36
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,450.80 $40.26 – $459.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $18.15 – $63.16
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $18.15 – $63.16
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $15.31 – $38.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $18.15 – $63.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $18.15 – $63.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $18.15 – $63.16

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