Pentazocine injection 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

$122.50

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.

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$122.50

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.

$36.75 with BCBS vs $157.17 with United — 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 BlueAccess $36.75 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $36.75 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $36.75 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $45.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $45.33 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $47.77 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $47.77 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $49.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $50.23 ↓ -59%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $61.25 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $79.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $90.65 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $91.88 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $91.88 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $98.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $98.00 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $98.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $98.00 ↓ -20%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $110.56 ↓ -10%
Unicare MGMCD $112.73 ↓ -8%
Amerigroup MGMCD $112.73 ↓ -8%
United Behavioral Health VACCN $122.50 ↑ +0%
Home State Health Plan MCD $131.15 ↑ +7%
United MOMGMCD $157.17 ↑ +28%

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Pentazocine injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $94.75 $45.19 – $131.15
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $15.00 $20.00 – $20.00
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $48.75 $45.19 – $112.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.01 – $0.01
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.01 – $0.01
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.02 – $0.02
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $0.01 – $0.01
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $0.01 – $0.01

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