Ziconotide 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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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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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.

$9.70 with BCBS vs $639.12 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 $9.70
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $9.70
United AllPayerAppendix $17.44
HealthyBlue MGMCD $127.82
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $140.61
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $153.39
United OptionsPPO $160.42
Aetna Better Health MCD $191.74
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $191.74
BCBS BlueAccess $191.74
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $191.74
BCBS Traditional $236.47
BCBS Participating $236.47
BCBS FreedomNetwork $249.26
BCBS PC $249.26
Coventry WCOMP $256.93
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $262.04
United GlobalBenefitPlan $287.60
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $306.78
Cigna LifeSource COMM $319.56
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $319.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $319.56
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $383.47
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $415.43
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $415.43
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $415.43
CorVel Corporation MOWC $415.43
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $472.95
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $479.34
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $511.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $511.30
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $511.30
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $511.30
Optum Health COMM $568.82
Optum Transplant COMM $587.99
Optum Health MCD $639.12

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Ziconotide injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $9.70 – $9.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $10.79 – $15.82
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $10.79 – $15.82
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $9.78 – $18.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $11.80 – $16.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $10.79 – $15.82
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $10.79 – $15.82
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $10.37 – $19.43

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