Nesiritide 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

$3,612.18

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.

$3,612.18

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.

$49.60 with United vs $3,612.18 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 AllPayerAppendix $49.60 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $60.25 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.45 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $62.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.66 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.66 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $62.66 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $72.90 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $87.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $794.68 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $794.68 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $866.92 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $906.66 ↓ -75%
BCBS Participating $1,336.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,336.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,408.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,408.75 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,452.10 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,480.99 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,625.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRHMO $1,625.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,625.48 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,733.85 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,806.09 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,806.09 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,806.09 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,167.31 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,347.92 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,347.92 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,347.92 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,347.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,673.01 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,709.14 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,709.14 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,889.74 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,889.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,889.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,889.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $3,214.84 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,323.21 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,612.18 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital

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Nesiritide injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $61.45 – $87.36
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $3,612.18 $49.60 – $63.26
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $2,387.88 $49.60 – $63.26
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $3,612.18 $49.60 – $62.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.01 – $0.01
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.01 – $0.01
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.02 – $46.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.01 – $0.01

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