Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution 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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$2.98 with BCBS vs $89.10 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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

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
BCBS TRICARE $2.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.98
United KSMGMCD $3.59
Home State Health Plan MCD $3.61
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.66
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.73
Unicare MGMCD $3.73
United MOMGMCD $4.32
United AllPayerAppendix $5.92
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.60
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.60
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.38
United OptionsPPO $22.36
BCBS BlueAccess $26.73
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $26.73
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $26.73
BCBS Participating $32.97
BCBS Traditional $32.97
BCBS PC $34.75
BCBS FreedomNetwork $34.75
Coventry WCOMP $35.82
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $36.53
BCBS MCRHMO $40.09
United GlobalBenefitPlan $40.09
BCBS MCRPPO $40.09
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $42.77
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $44.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $44.55
Cigna LifeSource COMM $44.55
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $53.46
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $57.91
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $57.91
CorVel Corporation MOWC $57.91
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $57.91
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $65.93
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $66.83
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $71.28
CCO, Inc. COMM $71.28
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $71.28
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $71.28
Optum Health COMM $79.30
Optum Transplant COMM $81.97
Optum Health MCD $89.10
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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Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $22.54 $2.98 – $4.32
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $123.43 $4.81 – $4.81
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $82.44 $5.03 – $5.03
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $115.91 $2.87 – $6.92
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $3.45 – $6.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $3.45 – $6.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $3.16 – $189.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $3.45 – $6.38

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