Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/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

$183.50

Cash price

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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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$183.50

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.

$32.09 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $183.50 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 $32.09 ↓ -83%
BCBS TRICARE $32.09 ↓ -83%
United KSMGMCD $33.52 ↓ -82%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $34.19 ↓ -81%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $34.53 ↓ -81%
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.86 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.86 ↓ -81%
Unicare MGMCD $34.86 ↓ -81%
Home State Health Plan MCD $38.83 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $40.37 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $40.37 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $44.04 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $46.06 ↓ -75%
United MOMGMCD $46.53 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $55.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $55.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $55.05 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $55.31 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $67.89 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $67.89 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $71.56 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $71.56 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $73.77 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $75.23 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $82.58 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $82.58 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $82.58 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $88.08 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $91.75 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $91.75 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $91.75 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $110.10 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $119.28 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $119.28 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $119.28 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $119.28 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $135.79 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $137.63 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $146.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $146.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $146.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $146.80 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $163.31 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $168.82 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $183.50 ↑ +0%

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Ganciclovir in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $32.09 – $46.53
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $410.97 $28.74 – $57.85
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $222.30 $67.35 – $67.35
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $294.00 $28.74 – $72.91
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $359.70 $32.09 – $34.86
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $580.73 $33.37 – $34.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $46.16 – $78.61
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $46.16 – $78.61

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