Peng benzathine/procaine inj 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

$125.70

Cash price

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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.

$125.70

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.

$17.37 with BCBS vs $125.70 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
BCBS TRICARE $17.37 ↓ -86%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $17.37 ↓ -86%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $19.91 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.30 ↓ -84%
Unicare MGMCD $20.30 ↓ -84%
Home State Health Plan MCD $21.02 ↓ -83%
United MOMGMCD $25.19 ↓ -80%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $37.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $37.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $37.71 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $46.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $46.51 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $49.02 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $49.02 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $50.53 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $51.54 ↓ -59%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $62.85 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $81.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $93.02 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $94.28 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $100.56 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $100.56 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $100.56 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $100.56 ↓ -20%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $125.70 ↑ +0%

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Peng benzathine/procaine inj at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $17.37 – $21.02
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $734.82 $19.15 – $250.88
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $122.25 $17.37 – $19.52
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $365.25 $18.06 – $20.30
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $19.52 – $30.76
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $19.52 – $30.76
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $17.37 – $36.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $20.24 – $30.76

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