Inj, pedmark, 100 mg 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

$173.00

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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$173.00

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.

$38.06 with Aetna Coventry vs $173.00 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $38.06 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $41.52 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $43.42 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAccess $51.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $51.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $51.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $64.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $64.01 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $67.47 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $67.47 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $69.55 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $70.93 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $77.85 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $83.04 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $86.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $86.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $86.50 ↓ -50%
United KSMGMCD $91.34 ↓ -47%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $93.17 ↓ -46%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $94.08 ↓ -46%
Unicare MGMCD $94.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna Better Health MCD $94.99 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup MGMCD $94.99 ↓ -45%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $103.80 ↓ -40%
Home State Health Plan MCD $110.52 ↓ -36%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $112.45 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $112.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $112.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $112.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $128.02 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $129.75 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $129.75 ↓ -25%
United MOMGMCD $132.44 ↓ -23%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $138.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $138.40 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $138.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $138.40 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $153.97 ↓ -11%
United AllPayerAppendix $158.52 ↓ -8%
Optum Transplant COMM $159.16 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $173.00 ↑ +0%

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Inj, pedmark, 100 mg at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $93.17 – $132.44
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $378.12 $91.34 – $95.91
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $294.30 $91.34 – $95.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $93.16 – $116.13
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $93.16 – $116.13
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $94.84 – $116.13
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $93.16 – $158.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $93.16 – $116.13

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