Mesna 100 mg/ml 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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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.

$1.36 with BCBS vs $18.30 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
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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 $1.36
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.65
United KSMGMCD $1.70
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.73
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.77
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.77
Unicare MGMCD $1.77
United MOMGMCD $1.97
United AllPayerAppendix $2.81
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.03
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.03
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4.39
United OptionsPPO $4.59
BCBS BlueAccess $5.49
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $5.49
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $5.49
BCBS Participating $6.77
BCBS Traditional $6.77
BCBS PC $7.14
BCBS FreedomNetwork $7.14
Coventry WCOMP $7.36
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $7.50
BCBS MCRHMO $8.23
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8.23
BCBS MCRPPO $8.23
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $8.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $9.15
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $9.15
Cigna LifeSource COMM $9.15
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $10.98
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $11.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $11.89
CorVel Corporation MOWC $11.89
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $11.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $13.54
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $13.72
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $14.64
CCO, Inc. COMM $14.64
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $14.64
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $14.64
Optum Health COMM $16.29
Optum Transplant COMM $16.84
Optum Health MCD $18.30
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital

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Mesna 100 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.36 – $1.97
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $72.47 $11.40 – $11.40
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $59.31 $7.90 – $9.70
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $48.42 $11.30 – $11.30
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $152.17 $7.90 – $15.80
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $18.10 $1.36 – $1.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.55 – $2.39
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.55 – $2.39

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