Methadone injection 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

$87.75

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.

$87.75

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.

$17.55 with HealthyBlue vs $87.75 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $17.55 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.30 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $19.30 ↓ -78%
BCBS TRICARE $20.91 ↓ -76%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $20.91 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $21.06 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $22.03 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $26.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.32 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $26.32 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $26.32 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21 ↓ -67%
BCBS Participating $32.47 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $32.47 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $34.22 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $34.22 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $35.28 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.98 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRPPO $39.49 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $39.49 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.49 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $42.12 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $43.88 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $43.88 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $43.88 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $52.65 ↓ -40%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $57.04 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $57.04 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $57.04 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $57.04 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $64.94 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $65.81 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $70.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $70.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $70.20 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $70.20 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $78.10 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $80.73 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $87.75 ↑ +0%

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Methadone injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $20.91 – $20.91
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $31.84 $3.57 – $41.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $35.85 – $49.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $26.69 – $34.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $26.69 – $34.43

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