Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr 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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Cash price

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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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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.

$0.35 with HealthyBlue vs $2.49 with United — 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.35
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $0.39
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.39
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.42
United OptionsPPO $0.44
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $0.53
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.53
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $0.53
BCBS BlueAccess $0.53
BCBS Participating $0.65
BCBS Traditional $0.65
BCBS FreedomNetwork $0.68
BCBS PC $0.68
Coventry WCOMP $0.70
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $0.72
BCBS MCRPPO $0.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.79
BCBS MCRHMO $0.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $0.84
Cigna LifeSource COMM $0.88
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $0.88
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $0.88
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $1.05
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1.14
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $1.14
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $1.14
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $1.14
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1.29
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1.31
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $1.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $1.40
CCO, Inc. COMM $1.40
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1.40
BCBS TRICARE $1.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $1.51
Optum Health COMM $1.56
Optum Transplant COMM $1.61
Optum Health MCD $1.75
United AllPayerAppendix $2.49

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Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $88.26 $1.56 – $19.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.51 – $2.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.51 – $2.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1.48 – $2.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1.76 – $2.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1.51 – $2.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1.51 – $2.65
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $1.51 – $2.65

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