Lorazepam 2 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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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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.

$1.41 with United vs $82.00 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 $1.41
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.44
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.47
Unicare MGMCD $1.47
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.47
BCBS TRICARE $1.57
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.57
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.90
United MOMGMCD $2.28
United AllPayerAppendix $2.33
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.04
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.04
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $19.68
United OptionsPPO $20.58
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.60
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.60
BCBS BlueAccess $24.60
BCBS Participating $30.34
BCBS Traditional $30.34
BCBS FreedomNetwork $31.98
BCBS PC $31.98
Coventry WCOMP $32.96
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $33.62
BCBS MCRHMO $36.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $36.90
BCBS MCRPPO $36.90
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $39.36
Cigna LifeSource COMM $41.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $41.00
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.00
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $49.20
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $53.30
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $53.30
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $53.30
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.30
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $60.68
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $61.50
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $65.60
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $65.60
CCO, Inc. COMM $65.60
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $65.60
Optum Health COMM $72.98
Optum Transplant COMM $75.44
Optum Health MCD $82.00

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Lorazepam 2 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $81.94 $1.44 – $2.28
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $13.01 $1.41 – $4.64
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $57.51 $1.89 – $1.89
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $13.00 $1.35 – $1.93
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $55.64 $2.24 – $2.24
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $86.74 $1.35 – $3.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.54 – $1.97
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.54 – $1.97

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