Tc-99m exame autol wbc diag per dose 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

$8,748.28

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.

$8,748.28

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.

$1,137.28 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $8,748.28 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 $1,137.28 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,541.31 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,627.18 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,662.17 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,662.17 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $1,662.17 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,749.66 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,749.66 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $1,845.89 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $1,845.89 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $1,845.89 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,924.62 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,099.59 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,169.57 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $2,195.82 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $2,318.29 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $2,318.29 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $2,582.49 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,624.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,624.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,624.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $2,624.48 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,061.90 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $3,228.12 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $3,236.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $3,236.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $3,411.83 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,411.83 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $3,516.81 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,586.79 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $3,761.76 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,936.73 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $4,199.17 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $4,374.14 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,374.14 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $4,374.14 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,636.59 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $5,248.97 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $5,686.38 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $5,686.38 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $5,686.38 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,686.38 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $6,473.73 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6,561.21 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6,561.21 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $6,998.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $6,998.62 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $6,998.62 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,998.62 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $7,785.97 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $8,048.42 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $8,748.28 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m exame autol wbc diag per dose at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,419.55 $934.13 – $1,120.96
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,419.55 $934.13 – $1,120.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,419.55 $1,716.53 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,419.55 $934.13 – $1,120.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,419.55 $934.13 – $1,120.96
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $6,486.35 $616.53 – $3,641.12
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $3,110.90 $916.38 – $2,502.40
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $1,419.55 $934.13 – $1,120.96

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