Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector 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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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.

$5.61 with United vs $1,718.98 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

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
United KSMGMCD $5.61
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.72
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.78
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.83
Unicare MGMCD $5.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $5.88
BCBS TRICARE $5.88
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.11
United MOMGMCD $8.53
United AllPayerAppendix $9.26
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $378.18
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $412.56
United OptionsPPO $431.46
BCBS Participating $636.02
BCBS Traditional $636.02
BCBS FreedomNetwork $670.40
BCBS PC $670.40
Coventry WCOMP $691.03
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $704.78
United GlobalBenefitPlan $773.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $825.11
Cigna LifeSource COMM $859.49
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $859.49
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $859.49
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1,031.39
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1,117.34
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1,117.34
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,117.34
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1,117.34
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,272.05
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,289.23
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1,375.18
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,375.18
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,375.18
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,375.18
Optum Health COMM $1,529.89
Optum Transplant COMM $1,581.46
Optum Health MCD $1,718.98
BCBS BlueAccess not published by hospital
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) not published by hospital
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) not published by hospital

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $5.72 – $8.53
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $5,790.85 $5.78 – $2,244.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $6,946.81 $600.80 – $600.80
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $5,480.12 $5.78 – $676.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $4,323.51 $3.65 – $1,621.20
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $6,481.36 $5.42 – $1,621.20
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $3,573.41 $5.50 – $954.40
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $8,070.30 $5.61 – $6.17

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