Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

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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.

$4.29 with Coventry vs $16.56 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
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $4.29
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $4.48
United OptionsPPO $4.89
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $5.26
BCBS BlueAccess $5.84
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $5.84
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $5.84
Coventry WCOMP $7.83
BCBS FreedomNetwork $7.99
BCBS PC $7.99
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $7.99
BCBS Traditional $8.38
BCBS Participating $8.38
BCBS TRICARE $8.44
United KSMGMCD $8.46
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.63
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.71
United GlobalBenefitPlan $8.77
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.80
Unicare MGMCD $8.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.80
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.86
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $9.74
United MOMGMCD $10.55
CorVel Corporation MOWC $12.66
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $14.42
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $14.61
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $15.58
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $16.56
CCO, Inc. COMM $16.56

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $16.06 – $19.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.32 – $16.06

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