Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
$1.98
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.
$1.98
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.
$0.06 with BCBS vs $1.98 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TRICARE | $0.06 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $0.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $0.26 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $0.37 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $0.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $0.38 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $0.38 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $0.40 | ↓ -80% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $0.40 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | EPO | $0.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | ASO | $0.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $0.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $0.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $0.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | POS | $0.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $0.58 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $0.59 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $0.59 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $0.59 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $0.69 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Participating | $0.73 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Comm | $0.73 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $0.73 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $0.77 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | PC | $0.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $0.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $0.81 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $0.85 | ↓ -57% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $0.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1.05 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1.47 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1.49 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $1.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1.58 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1.58 | ↓ -20% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $1.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $0.02 – $0.06 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $4.87 | $0.16 – $0.16 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $6.12 | $0.09 – $0.18 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $4.87 | $0.06 – $0.06 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $33.49 | $0.02 – $0.26 |
| Mercy Primary Care - Bernie | Bernie | $20.64 | $0.01 – $0.06 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $0.02 – $0.15 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $0.02 – $0.15 |