Topotecan 4 mg/4 ml (1 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$342.17

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$342.17

Gross charge

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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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$1.25 with United vs $342.17 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 $1.25 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.27 ↓ -100%
BCBS TRICARE $1.27 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.27 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.29 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.30 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.30 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $1.30 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.54 ↓ -100%
United MOMGMCD $1.84 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.06 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $75.28 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $75.28 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $82.12 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $85.88 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAccess $102.65 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $102.65 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $102.65 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $126.60 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $126.60 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $133.45 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $133.45 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $137.55 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $140.29 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $153.98 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $153.98 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $153.98 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $164.24 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $171.09 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $171.09 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $171.09 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $205.30 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $222.41 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $222.41 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $222.41 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $222.41 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $253.21 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $256.63 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $273.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $273.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $273.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $273.74 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $304.53 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $314.80 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $342.17 ↑ +0%
Aetna National not published by hospital
Aetna IVLHIX not published by hospital
Aetna Local not published by hospital
Aetna KCCarePlus not published by hospital

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Topotecan 4 mg/4 ml (1 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $1.27 – $1.84
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $381.89 $66.80 – $66.80
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $240.84 $91.20 – $91.20
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $312.65 $50.00 – $180.69
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $169.60 $1.25 – $1.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.37 – $1.56
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.37 – $1.56
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.57 – $7.87

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