Tc-99m labeled rbc 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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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.

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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.

$129.75 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $998.08 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 $129.75
United AllPayerAppendix $179.67
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $185.64
NHC Advantage MGMCR $189.64
Oscar HIX $189.64
NHC Advantage MGMCD $189.64
HealthyBlue MGMCD $199.62
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $199.62
Humana EPO $210.59
Humana HMO $210.59
Humana ASO $210.59
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $219.58
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $219.58
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $239.54
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $247.52
United OptionsPPO $250.52
Humana PPO $264.49
Humana POS $264.49
Cigna LocalKC $294.63
Aetna Better Health MCD $299.42
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $299.42
BCBS BlueAccess $299.42
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $299.42
Universal Healthcare MCR $349.33
Cigna Comm $368.29
BCBS Participating $369.29
BCBS Traditional $369.29
BCBS FreedomNetwork $389.25
BCBS PC $389.25
Coventry WCOMP $401.23
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $409.21
College Park Family Care Center COMM $429.17
BCBS MCRHMO $449.14
United GlobalBenefitPlan $449.14
BCBS MCRPPO $449.14
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $479.08
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $499.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $499.04
Cigna LifeSource COMM $499.04
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $528.98
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $598.85
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $648.75
CorVel Corporation MOWC $648.75
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $648.75
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $648.75
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $738.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $748.56
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $748.56
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $798.46
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $798.46
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $798.46
CCO, Inc. COMM $798.46
Optum Health COMM $888.29
Optum Transplant COMM $918.23
Optum Health MCD $998.08

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $493.93 $215.00 – $215.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $148.50 $95.27 – $95.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $201.16 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $341.90 $53.92 – $53.92

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