IV Medicine Infusion (additional drug) at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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 $470.44 with Evernorth Behavioral 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 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.40 —
Unicare MGMCD $25.40 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.40 —
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $76.45 —
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $83.26 —
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $85.05 —
Oscar HIX $85.05 —
Humana ASO $101.16 —
Humana HMO $101.16 —
Humana EPO $101.16 —
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $107.43 —
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $108.77 —
United OptionsPPO $109.22 —
NHC Advantage MGMCR $111.73 —
NHC Advantage MGMCD $111.73 —
Cigna LocalKC $126.68 —
Humana POS $127.57 —
Humana PPO $127.57 —
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $129.37 —
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $134.29 —
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $134.29 —
BCBS BlueAccess $134.29 —
Aetna IVLHIX $136.97 —
Aetna KCCarePlus $147.27 —
Cigna Comm $158.46 —
BCBS Participating $165.62 —
BCBS Traditional $165.62 —
Aetna Local $170.10 —
BCBS PC $174.57 —
BCBS FreedomNetwork $174.57 —
Coventry WCOMP $179.94 —
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $183.52 —
Aetna National $201.43 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $201.43 —
Universal Healthcare MCR $205.82 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $214.86 —
Cigna LifeSource COMM $223.81 —
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $223.81 —
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $223.81 —
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $237.24 —
College Park Family Care Center COMM $252.86 —
CorVel Corporation MOWC $290.95 —
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $331.24 —
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $335.71 —
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $335.71 —
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $358.10 —
CCO, Inc. COMM $358.10 —
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $358.10 —
Optum Health COMM $398.38 —
Optum Transplant COMM $411.81 —
Optum Health MCD $447.62 —
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $470.44 —

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IV Medicine Infusion (additional drug) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $24.91 – $25.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $223.85 $30.81 – $86.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $223.85 $30.81 – $86.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $177.10 $35.37 – $86.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $223.85 $30.81 – $30.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $223.85 $30.81 – $86.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $223.85 $30.81 – $86.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $227.70 $53.61 – $129.81

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