Warde erythropoietin 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

$1,022.23

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,022.23

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.

$9.52 with Cigna vs $1,022.23 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $11.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $14.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.76 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $18.07 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $18.07 ↓ -98%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $18.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $18.60 ↓ -98%
Optum Health MCR $18.79 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.79 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRHMO $18.79 ↓ -98%
Humana MCRPPO $18.79 ↓ -98%
Humana PFFS $18.79 ↓ -98%
Optum Transplants OONMCR $18.79 ↓ -98%
United CommunityCareNetwork $18.79 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.79 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $18.79 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $19.17 ↓ -98%
Celtic MCR $19.17 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $19.17 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $19.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $19.17 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $19.35 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $19.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $19.54 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.54 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MCR $20.11 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $22.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $25.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $26.49 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $27.25 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $28.56 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $33.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $35.51 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $39.45 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $39.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $39.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $39.61 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $40.49 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $41.11 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $43.59 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $46.01 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $46.01 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $46.01 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $46.01 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $46.01 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $132.89 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $190.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $194.22 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $194.22 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $204.45 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $245.34 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $256.58 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $357.78 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $378.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $378.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $398.67 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $398.67 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $410.94 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $410.94 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $419.11 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $439.56 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $460.00 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $490.67 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $511.12 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $511.12 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $511.12 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $521.34 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $541.78 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $613.34 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $664.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $664.45 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $664.45 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $664.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $756.45 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $766.67 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $817.78 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $817.78 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $817.78 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $909.78 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $940.45 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $1,022.23 ↑ +0%

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Warde erythropoietin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $509.75 $9.52 – $46.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $92.40 $18.79 – $77.49
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $92.40 $18.79 – $77.49
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $135.85 $18.41 – $40.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $92.40 $18.79 – $77.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $92.40 $18.79 – $77.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $92.40 $18.79 – $77.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $195.25 $16.91 – $33.82

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