Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 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

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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.

$20.58 with BCBS vs $93.77 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
BCBS TRICARE $20.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $20.58
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $20.63
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $20.63
United KSMGMCD $22.06
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $22.50
HealthyBlue MGMCD $22.50
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $22.72
Unicare MGMCD $22.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.94
Aetna Better Health MCD $22.94
United OptionsPPO $23.54
Home State Health Plan MCD $24.90
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $28.13
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $28.13
BCBS BlueAccess $28.13
United MOMGMCD $29.84
BCBS Participating $34.69
BCBS Traditional $34.69
United AllPayerAppendix $36.40
BCBS FreedomNetwork $36.57
BCBS PC $36.57
Coventry WCOMP $37.70
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $38.45
BCBS MCRHMO $42.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $42.20
BCBS MCRPPO $42.20
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $45.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $46.88
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $46.88
Cigna LifeSource COMM $46.88
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $56.26
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $60.95
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $60.95
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $60.95
CorVel Corporation MOWC $60.95
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $69.39
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $70.33
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $75.02
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $75.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $75.02
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $75.02
Optum Health COMM $83.46
Optum Transplant COMM $86.27
Optum Health MCD $93.77

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $20.58 – $29.84
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $60.79 $4.94 – $22.06
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $166.43 $29.54 – $29.54
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $849.44 $20.94 – $30.95
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $82.13 $36.04 – $36.04
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $154.78 $4.94 – $47.42
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $44.50 $21.40 – $22.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $24.70 – $31.22

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