Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution 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 (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.

$0.41 with BCBS vs $6.50 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
BCBS TRICARE $0.41
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.41
United AllPayerAppendix $0.66
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.30
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $1.43
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1.43
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1.56
United OptionsPPO $1.63
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.95
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.95
BCBS BlueAccess $1.95
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.95
BCBS Traditional $2.40
BCBS Participating $2.40
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2.54
BCBS PC $2.54
Coventry WCOMP $2.61
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2.67
BCBS MCRPPO $2.92
BCBS MCRHMO $2.92
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $3.12
Cigna LifeSource COMM $3.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3.25
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3.25
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3.90
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4.22
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $4.22
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $4.22
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $4.22
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4.81
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4.88
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $5.20
CCO, Inc. COMM $5.20
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $5.20
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $5.20
Optum Health COMM $5.79
Optum Transplant COMM $5.98
Optum Health MCD $6.50

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Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.41 – $0.41
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $210.01 $5.40 – $5.40
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $187.04 $3.80 – $6.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $210.01 $7.70 – $7.70
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $133.81 $3.80 – $8.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.52 – $0.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.52 – $0.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.28 – $0.83

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