Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 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

$46.80

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$46.80

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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$6.08 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $65.59 with United — 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 $6.08 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $8.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $8.89 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $8.89 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $8.89 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.36 ↓ -80%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $9.36 ↓ -80%
Humana ASO $9.87 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $9.87 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $9.87 ↓ -79%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $10.30 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $10.30 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $11.23 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $11.61 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $11.75 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $12.40 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $12.40 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalKC $13.82 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $14.04 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.04 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $14.04 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $14.04 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare MCR $16.38 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $17.27 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $17.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS Participating $17.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS PC $18.25 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $18.25 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $18.81 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $19.19 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $20.12 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRHMO $21.06 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $21.06 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.06 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $22.46 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $23.40 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $23.40 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $23.40 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $24.80 ↓ -47%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $28.08 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $30.42 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $30.42 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $30.42 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $30.42 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $34.63 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $35.10 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $35.10 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $37.44 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $37.44 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $37.44 ↓ -20%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $37.44 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $41.65 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $43.06 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $46.80 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.59 ↑ +40%

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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $99.00 $65.33 – $65.33
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $99.00 $65.33 – $65.33
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $255.98 $137.71 – $137.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $99.00 $65.33 – $65.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $99.00 $65.33 – $65.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $99.00 $65.33 – $65.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $44.25 not published
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $153.40 $20.80 – $93.51

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