Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

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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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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.

$707.85 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $5,445.01 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

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

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 $707.85
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,012.77
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,034.55
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,034.55
Oscar HIX $1,034.55
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,089.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,089.00
Humana EPO $1,148.90
Humana HMO $1,148.90
Humana ASO $1,148.90
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,197.90
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,306.80
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,350.36
United OptionsPPO $1,366.70
Humana POS $1,442.93
Humana PPO $1,442.93
United AllPayerAppendix $1,530.72
Cigna LocalKC $1,607.37
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,633.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,633.50
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,633.50
BCBS BlueAccess $1,633.50
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,905.75
Cigna Comm $2,009.21
BCBS Participating $2,014.65
BCBS Traditional $2,014.65
BCBS PC $2,123.55
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,123.55
Coventry WCOMP $2,188.89
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,232.45
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,341.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,450.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $2,613.60
Cigna LifeSource COMM $2,722.51
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,722.51
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,722.51
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,885.86
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $3,267.01
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $3,539.26
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $3,539.26
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $3,539.26
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,539.26
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $4,029.31
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,083.76
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $4,083.76
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,356.01
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,356.01
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $4,356.01
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,356.01
Optum Health COMM $4,846.06
Optum Transplant COMM $5,009.41
Optum Health MCD $5,445.01

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,900.15 $802.34 – $3,685.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $471.30 $850.48 – $850.48
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $5,005.65 $347.61 – $2,502.40

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