Octreotide,microspheres ER 20 mg intramuscular susp, extended release 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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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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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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$199.17 with United vs $10,444.42 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

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

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 $199.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $203.15
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $204.59
BCBS TRICARE $204.59
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $205.15
Aetna Better Health MCD $207.14
Unicare MGMCD $207.14
Amerigroup MGMCD $207.14
Home State Health Plan MCD $247.55
United MOMGMCD $296.66
United AllPayerAppendix $328.63
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2,297.77
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,506.66
United OptionsPPO $2,621.55
BCBS Participating $3,864.44
BCBS Traditional $3,864.44
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,073.32
BCBS PC $4,073.32
Coventry WCOMP $4,198.66
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,282.21
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,699.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $5,013.32
Cigna LifeSource COMM $5,222.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5,222.21
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,222.21
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $6,266.65
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $6,788.87
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $6,788.87
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,788.87
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $6,788.87
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,728.87
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $7,833.31
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8,355.54
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,355.54
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,355.54
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,355.54
Optum Health COMM $9,295.53
Optum Transplant COMM $9,608.87
Optum Health MCD $10,444.42
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital

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Octreotide,microspheres ER 20 mg intramuscular susp, extended release at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $8,463.00 $203.15 – $296.66
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $18,069.67 $5,333.80 – $5,333.80
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $14,251.13 $205.34 – $6,196.20
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $7,509.29 $124.31 – $7,427.00
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $16,857.16 $184.77 – $7,427.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $15,059.90 $195.39 – $13,102.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $208.10 – $368.96
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $208.10 – $368.96

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