Iopamidol 300 mg iodine/ml (61 %) 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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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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$0.14 with BCBS vs $13.25 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 $0.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.14
United AllPayerAppendix $0.25
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.65
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $2.92
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.92
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3.18
United OptionsPPO $3.33
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.98
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3.98
BCBS BlueAccess $3.98
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3.98
BCBS Traditional $4.90
BCBS Participating $4.90
BCBS FreedomNetwork $5.17
BCBS PC $5.17
Coventry WCOMP $5.33
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5.43
BCBS MCRPPO $5.96
BCBS MCRHMO $5.96
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $6.36
Cigna LifeSource COMM $6.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $6.63
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6.63
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $7.95
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8.61
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $8.61
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $8.61
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $8.61
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $9.80
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $9.94
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10.60
CCO, Inc. COMM $10.60
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $10.60
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $10.60
Optum Health COMM $11.79
Optum Transplant COMM $12.19
Optum Health MCD $13.25

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Iopamidol 300 mg iodine/ml (61 %) intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $14.50 $0.14 – $0.14
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $279.10 $3.00 – $3.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $362.82 $1.40 – $2.20
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $279.10 $2.60 – $2.60
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $489.04 $1.40 – $2.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.17 – $0.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.17 – $0.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.15 – $0.28

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