Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for 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

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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.

$2.58 with BCBS vs $82.94 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 $2.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2.58
United KSMGMCD $2.58
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.63
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.68
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.68
Unicare MGMCD $2.68
Home State Health Plan MCD $3.12
United MOMGMCD $3.74
United AllPayerAppendix $4.26
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.25
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.25
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $19.91
United OptionsPPO $20.82
BCBS BlueAccess $24.88
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $24.88
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $24.88
BCBS Participating $30.69
BCBS Traditional $30.69
BCBS PC $32.35
BCBS FreedomNetwork $32.35
Coventry WCOMP $33.34
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $34.01
BCBS MCRHMO $37.32
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.32
BCBS MCRPPO $37.32
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $39.81
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $41.47
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $41.47
Cigna LifeSource COMM $41.47
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $49.76
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $53.91
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $53.91
CorVel Corporation MOWC $53.91
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $53.91
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $61.38
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $62.20
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $66.35
CCO, Inc. COMM $66.35
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $66.35
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $66.35
Optum Health COMM $73.82
Optum Transplant COMM $76.30
Optum Health MCD $82.94
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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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $8.14 $2.58 – $3.74
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $35.75 $2.58 – $13.63
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $35.75 $3.45 – $3.45
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $35.75 $2.58 – $3.37
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $35.75 $3.84 – $3.84
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $146.29 $2.58 – $6.75
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $77.00 $2.58 – $2.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.63 – $5.31

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