Meropenem 1 gram 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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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.

$0.38 with United vs $88.86 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 $0.38
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.39
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.40
Unicare MGMCD $0.40
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.40
BCBS TRICARE $0.43
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.43
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.52
United MOMGMCD $0.62
United AllPayerAppendix $0.63
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.55
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.55
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.33
United OptionsPPO $22.30
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $26.66
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $26.66
BCBS BlueAccess $26.66
BCBS Participating $32.88
BCBS Traditional $32.88
BCBS FreedomNetwork $34.66
BCBS PC $34.66
Coventry WCOMP $35.72
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $36.43
BCBS MCRHMO $39.99
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.99
BCBS MCRPPO $39.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $42.65
Cigna LifeSource COMM $44.43
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $44.43
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $44.43
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $53.32
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $57.76
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $57.76
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $57.76
CorVel Corporation MOWC $57.76
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $65.76
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $66.64
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $71.09
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $71.09
CCO, Inc. COMM $71.09
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $71.09
Optum Health COMM $79.09
Optum Transplant COMM $81.75
Optum Health MCD $88.86

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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $197.70 $0.39 – $0.62
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $43.98 $1.90 – $22.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $35.75 $5.10 – $5.10
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $46.47 $1.90 – $3.20
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $19.17 $3.75 – $3.75
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $33.25 $3.80 – $7.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.51 – $0.80
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.51 – $0.80

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