Levofloxacin 250 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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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Cash price

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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.

$1.03 with BCBS vs $82.30 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

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 $1.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.03
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.25
United MOMGMCD $1.49
United KSMGMCD $2.16
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.20
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.22
Unicare MGMCD $2.25
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.25
United AllPayerAppendix $3.56
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.11
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.11
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $19.75
United OptionsPPO $20.66
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.69
BCBS BlueAccess $24.69
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.69
BCBS Participating $30.45
BCBS Traditional $30.45
BCBS FreedomNetwork $32.10
BCBS PC $32.10
Coventry WCOMP $33.08
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $33.74
BCBS MCRHMO $37.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.03
BCBS MCRPPO $37.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $39.50
Cigna LifeSource COMM $41.15
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $41.15
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.15
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $49.38
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $53.49
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $53.49
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $53.49
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.49
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $60.90
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $61.73
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $65.84
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $65.84
CCO, Inc. COMM $65.84
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $65.84
Optum Health COMM $73.25
Optum Transplant COMM $75.72
Optum Health MCD $82.30

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Levofloxacin 250 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.03 – $2.25
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $40.35 $2.16 – $18.62
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $43.39 $2.89 – $2.89
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $25.77 $1.89 – $2.86
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $19.50 $3.33 – $3.33
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $33.10 $3.78 – $9.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.60 – $2.28
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.60 – $2.28

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