Tigecycline 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.

$0.30 with BCBS vs $235.94 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 $0.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.30
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.36
United MOMGMCD $0.43
United KSMGMCD $0.56
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.57
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.58
Unicare MGMCD $0.58
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.58
United AllPayerAppendix $0.92
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $51.91
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $51.91
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $56.63
United OptionsPPO $59.22
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $70.78
BCBS BlueAccess $70.78
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $70.78
BCBS Participating $87.30
BCBS Traditional $87.30
BCBS FreedomNetwork $92.02
BCBS PC $92.02
Coventry WCOMP $94.85
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $96.74
BCBS MCRHMO $106.17
United GlobalBenefitPlan $106.17
BCBS MCRPPO $106.17
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $113.25
Cigna LifeSource COMM $117.97
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $117.97
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $117.97
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $141.56
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $153.36
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $153.36
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $153.36
CorVel Corporation MOWC $153.36
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $174.60
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $176.96
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $188.75
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $188.75
CCO, Inc. COMM $188.75
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $188.75
Optum Health COMM $209.99
Optum Transplant COMM $217.06
Optum Health MCD $235.94

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Tigecycline injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $158.00 $0.30 – $0.58
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $302.25 $28.00 – $38,260.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $268.12 $43.50 – $43.50
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $317.36 $28.00 – $63.00
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $320.58 $0.30 – $0.58
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $131.00 $0.30 – $0.58
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $31.40 $0.31 – $0.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.59 – $1.28

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