Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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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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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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.

$24.42 with United vs $309.41 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 $24.42
HealthyBlue MGMCD $24.91
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $25.15
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.40
Unicare MGMCD $25.40
Home State Health Plan MCD $29.55
United MOMGMCD $35.41
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $40.22
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $57.55
NHC Advantage MGMCR $58.79
Oscar HIX $58.79
NHC Advantage MGMCD $58.79
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $61.88
Humana ASO $65.29
Humana HMO $65.29
Humana EPO $65.29
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $68.07
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $74.26
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $76.73
United OptionsPPO $77.66
Humana PPO $81.99
Humana POS $81.99
Cigna LocalKC $91.34
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $92.82
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $92.82
BCBS BlueAccess $92.82
Aetna IVLHIX $94.68
Aetna KCCarePlus $101.80
Universal Healthcare MCR $108.29
Cigna Comm $114.17
BCBS Traditional $114.48
BCBS Participating $114.48
BCBS PC $120.67
BCBS FreedomNetwork $120.67
Aetna Local $121.60
Aetna FHMedicalRental $124.38
Coventry WCOMP $124.38
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $126.86
College Park Family Care Center COMM $133.05
United GlobalBenefitPlan $139.23
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $148.52
Aetna National $148.83
Cigna LifeSource COMM $154.71
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $154.71
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $154.71
Aetna NATIONALNAP $157.80
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $163.99
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $185.65
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $201.12
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $201.12
CorVel Corporation MOWC $201.12
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $201.12
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $228.96
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $232.06
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $232.06
CCO, Inc. COMM $247.53
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $247.53
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $247.53
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $247.53
Optum Health COMM $275.37
Optum Transplant COMM $284.66
Optum Health MCD $309.41

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $354.00 $24.91 – $35.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $261.25 $57.72 – $255.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $261.25 $57.72 – $255.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $267.30 $66.27 – $255.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $261.25 $57.72 – $57.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $261.25 $57.72 – $255.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $261.25 $57.72 – $255.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $284.90 $94.96 – $383.48

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