Vasopressin 20 unit/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

$254.85

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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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$254.85

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.

$0.53 with United vs $254.85 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
United KSMGMCD $0.53 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.54 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $0.55 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.55 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.55 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.55 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.87 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.42 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $1.42 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.72 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $2.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $56.07 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $56.07 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $61.16 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $63.97 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $76.45 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $76.45 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $76.45 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $94.29 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $94.29 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $99.39 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $99.39 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $102.45 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $104.49 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $114.68 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $114.68 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $114.68 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $122.33 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $127.42 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $127.42 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $127.42 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $152.91 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $165.65 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $165.65 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $165.65 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $165.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $188.59 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $191.14 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $203.88 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $203.88 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $203.88 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $203.88 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $226.82 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $234.46 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $254.85 ↑ +0%

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Vasopressin 20 unit/ml intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.54 – $2.06
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $341.59 $14.20 – $14.20
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $444.07 $10.60 – $36.80
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $341.59 $42.80 – $42.80
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $317.68 $10.60 – $65.20
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $309.81 $0.53 – $1.49
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $199.84 $0.53 – $1.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.47 – $3.17

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