Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$11.37

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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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$11.37

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.

$0.85 with HealthyBlue vs $11.37 with United Behavioral 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

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 $0.85 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.86 ↓ -92%
Unicare MGMCD $0.86 ↓ -92%
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.00 ↓ -91%
United MOMGMCD $1.20 ↓ -89%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $3.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $4.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $4.21 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4.43 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $4.43 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $4.57 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4.66 ↓ -59%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5.68 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $7.39 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $8.41 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $8.53 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $8.53 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $9.10 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $9.10 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $9.10 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.10 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $11.37 ↑ +0%

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $11.25 $0.83 – $1.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $131.53 $9.96 – $21.24
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $65.01 $24.72 – $24.72
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $36.27 $9.96 – $35.40
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $33.66 $0.83 – $0.87
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1.41 – $1.41
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1.41 – $1.41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.60 – $2.60

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