Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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.

$7.20 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $55.37 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 $7.20
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $10.30
NHC Advantage MGMCD $10.52
Oscar HIX $10.52
NHC Advantage MGMCR $10.52
HealthyBlue MGMCD $11.07
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $11.07
Humana ASO $11.68
Humana HMO $11.68
Humana EPO $11.68
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.18
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $12.18
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $13.29
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $13.73
United OptionsPPO $13.90
Humana POS $14.67
Humana PPO $14.67
Cigna LocalKC $16.35
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.61
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $16.61
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $16.61
BCBS BlueAccess $16.61
Universal Healthcare MCR $19.38
United AllPayerAppendix $19.83
Cigna Comm $20.43
BCBS Participating $20.49
BCBS Traditional $20.49
BCBS FreedomNetwork $21.59
BCBS PC $21.59
Coventry WCOMP $22.26
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $22.70
College Park Family Care Center COMM $23.81
BCBS MCRHMO $24.92
United GlobalBenefitPlan $24.92
BCBS MCRPPO $24.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $26.58
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $27.68
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $27.68
Cigna LifeSource COMM $27.68
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $29.35
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $33.22
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $35.99
CorVel Corporation MOWC $35.99
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $35.99
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $35.99
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $40.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $41.53
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $41.53
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $44.30
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $44.30
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $44.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $44.30
Optum Health COMM $49.28
Optum Transplant COMM $50.94
Optum Health MCD $55.37

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $68.10 $3.63 – $3.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $5.50 $1.70 – $1.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $3.45 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $27.95 $0.20 – $0.20

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