Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
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Cash price 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 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.
$5.08 with United vs $53.87 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | KSMGMCD | $5.08 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $5.18 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $5.23 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $5.28 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $5.28 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.28 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8.38 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $9.52 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $9.52 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $11.52 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $11.85 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $11.85 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $12.93 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $13.52 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $13.80 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $16.16 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $16.16 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $16.16 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $19.93 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $19.93 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $21.01 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $21.01 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $21.66 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $22.09 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $24.24 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $24.24 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $24.24 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $25.86 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $26.93 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $26.93 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $26.93 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $32.32 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $35.02 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $35.02 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $35.02 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $35.02 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $39.86 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $40.40 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $43.10 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $43.10 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $43.10 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $43.10 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $47.94 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $49.56 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $53.87 | — |
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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $5.18 – $13.80 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $586.95 | $20.32 – $421.68 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $853.12 | $27.20 – $27.20 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $252.52 | $25.40 – $37.95 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $458.25 | $35.36 – $35.36 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $403.65 | $25.40 – $330.63 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $6.06 – $12.61 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $6.06 – $12.61 |