Florbetaben f18 diagnostic at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$3,563.23

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.

$3,563.23

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.

$463.22 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $3,563.23 with Optum 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $463.22 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $662.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $677.01 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $677.01 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $677.01 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $712.65 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $712.65 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $751.84 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $751.84 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $751.84 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $783.91 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $855.18 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $883.68 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $894.37 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $944.26 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $944.26 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $1,051.87 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,068.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,068.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,068.97 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,068.97 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,247.13 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,314.83 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $1,318.40 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $1,318.40 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,389.66 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $1,389.66 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $1,432.42 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,460.92 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,532.19 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,603.45 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $1,710.35 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,781.62 ↓ -50%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $1,781.62 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,781.62 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,888.51 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $2,137.94 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $2,316.10 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $2,316.10 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2,316.10 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,316.10 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,614.71 ↓ -27%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,636.79 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $2,672.42 ↓ -25%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,672.42 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,850.58 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,850.58 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,850.58 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,850.58 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $3,171.27 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $3,278.17 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $3,563.23 ↑ +0%

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Florbetaben f18 diagnostic at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $7,737.60 $1,134.30 – $6,110.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,584.67 – $1,901.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,584.67 – $1,901.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,273.76 – $1,901.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2,101.70 – $3,468.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1,584.67 – $1,901.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1,584.67 – $1,901.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $1,350.19 – $2,852.41

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