Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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

$149.00

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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.

$149.00

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.

$17.17 with HealthyBlue vs $149.00 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
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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 $17.17 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.50 ↓ -88%
Unicare MGMCD $17.50 ↓ -88%
Home State Health Plan MCD $20.36 ↓ -86%
United MOMGMCD $24.40 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $27.71 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $28.31 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $29.80 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $31.44 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $31.44 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $31.44 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $36.95 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $39.48 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $39.48 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $43.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $44.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $44.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $44.70 ↓ -70%
Aetna KCCarePlus $49.02 ↓ -67%
Cigna Comm $54.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $55.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $55.13 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $58.11 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $58.11 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $58.56 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $59.90 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $59.90 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $61.09 ↓ -59%
Aetna National $71.67 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $74.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $75.99 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $78.97 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $96.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $110.26 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $111.75 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $111.75 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $119.20 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $119.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $119.20 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $149.00 ↑ +0%

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $16.83 – $20.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $199.65 $15.59 – $56.28
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $199.65 $15.59 – $56.28
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $149.60 $17.90 – $56.28
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $199.65 $15.59 – $15.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $199.65 $15.59 – $56.28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $199.65 $15.59 – $56.28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $209.00 $25.70 – $84.42

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