Telavancin 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

$465.00

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.

$465.00

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.

$7.09 with BCBS vs $465.00 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
BCBS TRICARE $7.09 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $7.09 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $7.37 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.52 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.59 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $7.66 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.66 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.66 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.58 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $10.28 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $102.30 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $111.60 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $116.72 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $139.50 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $139.50 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $139.50 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $172.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $172.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $181.35 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $181.35 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $186.93 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $190.65 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $209.25 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $223.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $232.50 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $232.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $232.50 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $279.00 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $302.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $302.25 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $302.25 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $302.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $344.10 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $348.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $372.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $372.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $372.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $372.00 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $413.85 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $427.80 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $465.00 ↑ +0%

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Telavancin injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $7.09 – $10.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $7.48 – $12.34
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $7.48 – $12.34
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $7.33 – $13.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $8.70 – $12.34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $7.48 – $12.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $7.48 – $12.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $7.44 – $13.47

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