Injection glatiramer acetate at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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Cash price 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 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.
$19.30 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $427.81 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $19.30 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $27.62 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $28.21 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $28.21 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $28.21 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $29.70 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $29.70 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $31.33 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $31.33 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $31.33 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $32.67 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $32.67 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $35.64 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $36.83 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $37.27 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $39.35 | — |
| Humana | POS | $39.35 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $43.84 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $44.55 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $44.55 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $44.55 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $44.55 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $45.44 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $51.98 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $54.80 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $54.95 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $54.95 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $57.91 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $57.91 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $59.70 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $60.88 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $63.85 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $66.83 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $66.83 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $66.83 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $71.28 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $74.25 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $74.25 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $74.25 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $78.70 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $89.10 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $96.53 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $96.53 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $96.53 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $96.53 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $109.89 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $111.38 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $111.38 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $118.80 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $118.80 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $118.80 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $118.80 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $132.16 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $136.62 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $148.50 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $427.81 | — |
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Injection glatiramer acetate at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $716.74 | $91.25 – $376.99 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $58.65 – $283.09 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $58.65 – $283.09 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $52.27 – $171.57 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $58.65 – $283.09 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $58.65 – $283.09 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $58.65 – $283.09 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | not published | $181.86 – $181.86 |