Meperidine (pf) 25 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.

$8.15 with United vs $108.72 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 $8.15
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.31
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.39
Unicare MGMCD $8.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.48
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.48
BCBS TRICARE $10.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $10.14
Home State Health Plan MCD $12.27
United AllPayerAppendix $13.45
United MOMGMCD $14.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.92
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $23.92
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $26.09
United OptionsPPO $27.29
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $32.62
BCBS BlueAccess $32.62
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $32.62
BCBS Participating $40.23
BCBS Traditional $40.23
BCBS FreedomNetwork $42.40
BCBS PC $42.40
Coventry WCOMP $43.71
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $44.58
BCBS MCRHMO $48.92
United GlobalBenefitPlan $48.92
BCBS MCRPPO $48.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $52.19
Cigna LifeSource COMM $54.36
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $54.36
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $54.36
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $65.23
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $70.67
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $70.67
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $70.67
CorVel Corporation MOWC $70.67
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $80.45
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $81.54
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $86.98
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $86.98
CCO, Inc. COMM $86.98
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $86.98
Optum Health COMM $96.76
Optum Transplant COMM $100.02
Optum Health MCD $108.72

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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $112.80 $8.31 – $14.70
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $14.33 $2.19 – $8.15
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $13.00 $10.91 – $10.91
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $15.46 $6.96 – $22.91
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $13.00 $26.67 – $26.67
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $13.00 $2.19 – $22.91
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $4.50 $6.00 – $6.00
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $216.01 $8.15 – $10.65

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