Injection, pentamidine iseth 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

$207.78

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.

$207.78

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.

$45.71 with Aetna Coventry vs $207.78 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 $45.71 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $45.71 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $49.87 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $52.15 ↓ -75%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $62.33 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $62.33 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $62.33 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $76.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $76.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $81.03 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $81.03 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $83.53 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $85.19 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $93.50 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $93.50 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $93.50 ↓ -55%
United KSMGMCD $97.70 ↓ -53%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $99.65 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $99.73 ↓ -52%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $100.63 ↓ -52%
Unicare MGMCD $101.61 ↓ -51%
Aetna Better Health MCD $101.61 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup MGMCD $101.61 ↓ -51%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $103.89 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $103.89 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $103.89 ↓ -50%
Home State Health Plan MCD $118.22 ↓ -43%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $124.67 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $135.06 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $135.06 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $135.06 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $135.06 ↓ -35%
United MOMGMCD $141.66 ↓ -32%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $153.76 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $155.84 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $155.84 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $166.22 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $166.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $166.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $166.22 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $184.92 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $191.16 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $207.78 ↑ +0%

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Injection, pentamidine iseth at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $99.65 – $141.66
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $321.86 $97.70 – $102.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $99.65 – $99.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $99.65 – $99.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $210.06 – $210.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $99.65 – $99.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $99.65 – $99.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $99.65 – $99.65

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