Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER

2100 SE Blue Parkway, Lee's Summit, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1225085871

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$16,354.45

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.

$16,354.45

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.

$206.69 with United vs $13,901.28 with CCO, Inc. — 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
United KSMGMCD $206.69 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $214.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $214.96 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $217.02 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $258.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $415.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.64 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $492.88 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $505.85 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $508.55 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $513.63 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $634.84 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -95%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $982.07 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $982.07 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAccess $982.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00 ↓ -93%
Humana EPO $1,143.23 ↓ -93%
Humana ASO $1,143.23 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $1,143.23 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $1,475.77 ↓ -91%
Humana POS $1,475.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna Local $1,514.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna National $1,836.00 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,126.08 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $3,041.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $3,107.35 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $3,107.35 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,270.89 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $4,104.97 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4,415.70 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,724.06 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $6,574.49 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $6,574.49 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $6,705.32 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $6,705.32 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $6,705.32 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $7,032.41 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $7,032.41 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $7,032.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7,359.50 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $8,177.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $8,340.77 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $8,667.86 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $10,630.39 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $12,102.29 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $12,265.84 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,083.56 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $13,901.28 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $13,901.28 ↓ -15%

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,442.00 $349.44 – $1,496.04
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,442.00 $349.44 – $1,496.04
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,849.55 $342.45 – $1,443.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,442.00 $393.54 – $1,496.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,442.00 $349.44 – $1,496.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,442.00 $349.44 – $1,496.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,552.32 $347.51 – $628.99
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,897.05 $206.69 – $468.85

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