Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only 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.

$2.17 with United vs $82.59 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 $2.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.21
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.26
Unicare MGMCD $2.26
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.26
BCBS TRICARE $2.47
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.47
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.99
United MOMGMCD $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.17
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.17
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $19.82
United OptionsPPO $20.73
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.78
BCBS BlueAccess $24.78
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.78
BCBS Participating $30.56
BCBS Traditional $30.56
BCBS FreedomNetwork $32.21
BCBS PC $32.21
Coventry WCOMP $33.20
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $33.86
BCBS MCRHMO $37.17
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.17
BCBS MCRPPO $37.17
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $39.64
Cigna LifeSource COMM $41.30
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $41.30
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.30
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $49.55
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $53.68
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $53.68
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $53.68
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.68
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $61.12
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $61.94
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $66.07
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $66.07
CCO, Inc. COMM $66.07
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $66.07
Optum Health COMM $73.51
Optum Transplant COMM $75.98
Optum Health MCD $82.59

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Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.21 – $3.58
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $21.25 $2.17 – $5.05
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $123.43 $29.10 – $29.10
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $15.26 $2.17 – $3.83
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $22.85 $4.45 – $4.45
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $21.25 $2.17 – $4.94
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $7.64 $1.93 – $2.54
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $45.52 $2.17 – $2.57

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