Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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.

$0.03 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $47.74 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.03 —
BCBS TRICARE $0.03 —
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.55 —
Humana HMO $10.79 —
Humana ASO $10.79 —
Humana EPO $10.79 —
Humana POS $13.61 —
Humana PPO $13.61 —
BCBS BlueAccess $14.32 —
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.32 —
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.32 —
BCBS Traditional $17.66 —
BCBS Participating $17.66 —
BCBS FreedomNetwork $18.62 —
BCBS PC $18.62 —
Coventry WCOMP $19.19 —
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $19.57 —
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $23.87 —
CorVel Corporation MOWC $31.03 —
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $35.33 —
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $35.80 —
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $38.19 —
CCO, Inc. COMM $38.19 —
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $38.19 —
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $38.19 —
United Behavioral Health VACCN $47.74 —

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Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $0.03 – $0.05
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $112.14 $2.00 – $2.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $101.91 $2.00 – $2.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $52.13 $2.50 – $2.50
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $646.85 $2.00 – $3.41
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.03 – $0.03
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.03 – $0.03
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.06 – $0.06

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