Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER
2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892
$8.14
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.
$8.14
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.
$2.44 with BCBS vs $8.14 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 |
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| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $2.44 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $2.44 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $2.44 | ↓ -70% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $2.58 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $2.58 | ↓ -68% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $2.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2.68 | ↓ -67% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $2.68 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Participating | $3.01 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $3.12 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | PC | $3.17 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $3.17 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $3.27 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $3.34 | ↓ -59% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $3.74 | ↓ -54% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $4.07 | ↓ -50% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $5.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $6.02 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $6.11 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $6.51 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $6.51 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6.51 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $6.51 | ↓ -20% |
| United Behavioral Health | VACCN | $8.14 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $2.58 – $3.12 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $35.75 | $2.58 – $13.63 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $35.75 | $3.45 – $3.45 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $35.75 | $2.58 – $3.37 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $35.75 | $3.84 – $3.84 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $146.29 | $2.58 – $6.75 |
| CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER | Independence | $77.00 | $2.58 – $2.71 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $2.63 – $5.31 |