Papaverin hcl 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

$99.35

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.

$99.35

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.

$12.92 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $99.35 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $12.92 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $18.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $18.88 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $18.88 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $19.87 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $20.96 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $20.96 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $20.96 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $21.86 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $21.86 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $23.84 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $24.64 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $24.94 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $26.33 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $26.33 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $29.33 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $29.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $29.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $29.80 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $30.40 ↓ -69%
Universal Healthcare MCR $34.77 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $36.66 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $36.76 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $36.76 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $38.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $38.75 ↓ -61%
United KSMGMCD $38.87 ↓ -61%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $39.65 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $39.94 ↓ -60%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $40.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna Better Health MCD $40.42 ↓ -59%
Unicare MGMCD $40.42 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup MGMCD $40.42 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $40.73 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $42.72 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRHMO $44.71 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $44.71 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.71 ↓ -55%
Home State Health Plan MCD $47.03 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $47.69 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $49.67 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $49.67 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $49.67 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $52.66 ↓ -47%
United MOMGMCD $56.36 ↓ -43%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $59.61 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $64.58 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $64.58 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $64.58 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $64.58 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $73.52 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $74.51 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $74.51 ↓ -25%
United AllPayerAppendix $75.80 ↓ -24%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $79.48 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $79.48 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $79.48 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $79.48 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $88.42 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $91.40 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $99.35 ↑ +0%

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Papaverin hcl injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $131.25 $39.65 – $56.36
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $134.58 $63.75 – $63.75
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $125.16 $5.01 – $66.80
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $90.50 $38.87 – $40.81
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $117.21 $38.87 – $40.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $38.25 – $38.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $38.25 – $38.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $80.63 – $80.63

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