Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe 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

$1,342.25

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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$1,342.25

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.

$13.14 with United vs $1,342.25 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 $13.14 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.40 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.53 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $13.67 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.67 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.67 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.68 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $22.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $22.22 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $26.89 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $32.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $295.30 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $295.30 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $322.14 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $336.90 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $402.68 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $402.68 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $402.68 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $496.63 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $496.63 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $523.48 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $523.48 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $539.58 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $550.32 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $604.01 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $604.01 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $604.01 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $644.28 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $671.13 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $671.13 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $671.13 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $805.35 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $872.46 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $872.46 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $872.46 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $872.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $993.26 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,006.69 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,073.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,073.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,073.80 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,073.80 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $1,194.60 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,234.87 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,342.25 ↑ +0%

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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $13.40 – $32.22
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $609.37 $52.77 – $52.77
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $546.00 $39.42 – $134.91
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $468.00 $157.08 – $157.08
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $469.56 $39.42 – $152.16
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $352.07 $13.14 – $23.33
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $1,844.47 $13.14 – $23.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $35.88 – $44.80

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