Ondansetron 8 mg disintegrating tablet 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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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.

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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.

$0.01 with BCBS vs $37.93 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 $0.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.59
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.34
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.34
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $9.10
United OptionsPPO $9.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.38
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.38
BCBS BlueAccess $11.38
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.38
BCBS Traditional $14.03
BCBS Participating $14.03
BCBS FreedomNetwork $14.79
BCBS PC $14.79
Coventry WCOMP $15.25
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $15.55
BCBS MCRPPO $17.07
BCBS MCRHMO $17.07
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.07
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $18.21
Cigna LifeSource COMM $18.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $18.96
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $18.96
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $22.76
CorVel Corporation MOWC $24.65
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $24.65
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $24.65
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $24.65
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $28.07
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $28.45
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.34
CCO, Inc. COMM $30.34
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $30.34
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $30.34
Optum Health COMM $33.76
Optum Transplant COMM $34.90
Optum Health MCD $37.93

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Ondansetron 8 mg disintegrating tablet at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.01 – $0.01
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $3.07 $0.01 – $0.02
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $38.07 $0.01 – $0.02
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $62.65 $0.02 – $0.02
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.01 – $0.02
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.01 – $0.02
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.02 – $0.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.01 – $0.02

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