Tc-99m bicisate 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

$5,416.16

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.

$5,416.16

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.

$704.10 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $5,416.16 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 $704.10 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,007.41 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,029.07 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,029.07 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $1,029.07 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,083.23 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,083.23 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $1,142.81 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $1,142.81 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $1,142.81 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,191.56 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,279.61 ↓ -76%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,299.88 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,343.21 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,359.46 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $1,435.28 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $1,435.28 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $1,598.85 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,624.85 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,624.85 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,624.85 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,624.85 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,895.66 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,998.56 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $2,003.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $2,003.98 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $2,112.30 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,112.30 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $2,177.30 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,220.63 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,328.95 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,437.27 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,599.76 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,708.08 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,708.08 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,708.08 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,870.56 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3,249.70 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $3,520.50 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $3,520.50 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $3,520.50 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,520.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,007.96 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,062.12 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,062.12 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,332.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,332.93 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4,332.93 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,332.93 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $4,820.38 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $4,982.87 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $5,416.16 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m bicisate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $793.10 $775.52 – $930.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $793.10 $775.52 – $930.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $4,348.01 $683.80 – $930.62
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $793.10 $1,128.27 – $3,630.73
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $793.10 $775.52 – $930.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $793.10 $775.52 – $930.62
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $5,645.90 $32.00 – $5,352.84
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $793.10 $775.52 – $930.62

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