Temozolomide 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.

$0.38 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $38.25 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.38
BCBS TRICARE $0.38
United AllPayerAppendix $0.89
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.65
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.41
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.41
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $9.18
United OptionsPPO $9.60
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.47
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.47
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.47
BCBS BlueAccess $11.47
BCBS Traditional $14.15
BCBS Participating $14.15
BCBS PC $14.92
BCBS FreedomNetwork $14.92
Coventry WCOMP $15.38
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $15.68
BCBS MCRHMO $17.21
United GlobalBenefitPlan $17.21
BCBS MCRPPO $17.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $18.36
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $19.13
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $19.13
Cigna LifeSource COMM $19.13
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $22.95
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $24.86
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $24.86
CorVel Corporation MOWC $24.86
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $24.86
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $28.30
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $28.69
CCO, Inc. COMM $30.60
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.60
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $30.60
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $30.60
Optum Health COMM $34.04
Optum Transplant COMM $35.19
Optum Health MCD $38.25
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital

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Temozolomide at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.38 – $0.38
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $66.62 $17.08 – $17.08
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $119.16 $0.27 – $0.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.42 – $0.50
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.42 – $0.50
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.46 – $10.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.42 – $0.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $0.42 – $0.50

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