Minocycline hydrochloride 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

$670.43

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.

$670.43

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.

$2.39 with United vs $670.43 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 $2.39 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.44 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.46 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $2.49 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.49 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.49 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.89 ↓ -100%
United MOMGMCD $3.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $147.49 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $160.90 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $168.28 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $201.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $201.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $201.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $248.06 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $248.06 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $261.47 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $261.47 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $269.51 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $274.88 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $301.69 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $321.81 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $335.21 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $335.21 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $335.21 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $402.26 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $435.78 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $435.78 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $435.78 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $435.78 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $496.12 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $502.82 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $502.82 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $536.34 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $536.34 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $536.34 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $536.34 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $596.68 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $616.80 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $670.43 ↑ +0%

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Minocycline hydrochloride at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $2.44 – $3.47
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $865.33 $1.76 – $934.50
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $804.76 $2.62 – $465.00
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $353.50 $2.39 – $2.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.56 – $3.28
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.56 – $3.28
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.59 – $3.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2.56 – $4.27

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