Somatropin 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

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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.

$53.69 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $413.00 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 $53.69
United KSMGMCD $58.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $59.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $59.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $60.32
Unicare MGMCD $60.32
Home State Health Plan MCD $70.18
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $76.82
NHC Advantage MGMCR $78.47
NHC Advantage MGMCD $78.47
Oscar HIX $78.47
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $82.60
United MOMGMCD $84.10
Humana EPO $87.14
Humana HMO $87.14
Humana ASO $87.14
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $90.86
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $90.86
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $99.12
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $102.42
United OptionsPPO $103.66
Humana PPO $109.44
Humana POS $109.44
Cigna LocalKC $121.92
Aetna IVLHIX $126.38
Universal Healthcare MCR $144.55
Cigna Comm $152.40
BCBS Participating $152.81
BCBS Traditional $152.81
BCBS FreedomNetwork $161.07
BCBS PC $161.07
Coventry WCOMP $166.03
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $169.33
College Park Family Care Center COMM $177.59
United GlobalBenefitPlan $185.85
BCBS MCRPPO $185.85
BCBS MCRHMO $185.85
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $198.24
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $206.50
Cigna LifeSource COMM $206.50
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $206.50
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $218.89
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $247.80
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $268.45
CorVel Corporation MOWC $268.45
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $268.45
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $268.45
United AllPayerAppendix $272.09
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $305.62
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $309.75
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $309.75
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $330.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $330.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $330.40
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $330.40
Optum Health COMM $367.57
Optum Transplant COMM $379.96
Optum Health MCD $413.00
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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Somatropin injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $59.16 – $84.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $80.72 – $154.84
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $80.72 – $154.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $48.92 – $334.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $80.72 – $154.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $80.72 – $154.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $80.72 – $154.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $51.86 – $51.86

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