Aluminum - quest 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.

$12.92 with Cigna vs $215.28 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $12.92
Cigna LocalKC $15.57
Cigna Comm $19.38
United KSMGMCD $21.66
HealthyBlue MGMCD $22.09
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $22.31
Unicare MGMCD $22.53
Aetna Better Health MCD $22.53
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.53
Home State Health Plan MCD $22.74
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $24.08
BCBS TRICARE $24.51
BCBS MCRHMO $25.23
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $25.23
BCBS MCRPPO $25.23
Devoted Health MGMCR $25.48
Humana PFFS $25.48
Humana MGMCRHMO $25.48
Humana MGMCRPPO $25.48
United VACCN $25.48
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48
United MGMCR $25.99
Wellcare MCR $25.99
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $25.99
Celtic MCR $25.99
United MOMGMCD $27.07
Pyramid Life MCR $27.26
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $32.93
Aetna IVLHIX $34.40
Aetna KCCarePlus $35.93
Oscar HIX $38.73
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $45.16
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $47.11
NHC Advantage MGMCD $48.12
NHC Advantage MGMCR $48.12
Aetna Local $48.16
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $50.65
CorVel Corporation KSWC $53.63
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $53.67
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $53.67
BCBS BlueAccess $53.67
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $55.04
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $55.89
Aetna National $59.12
Humana EPO $62.34
Humana PPO $62.34
Humana HMO $62.34
Humana POS $62.34
Humana ASO $62.34
United OptionsPPO $63.57
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $68.38
Universal Healthcare MCR $88.64
Coventry WCOMP $101.81
Aetna FHMedicalRental $101.81
BCBS FreedomNetwork $103.84
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $103.84
BCBS PC $103.84
BCBS Participating $108.91
College Park Family Care Center COMM $108.91
BCBS Traditional $108.91
United GlobalBenefitPlan $113.97
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $126.64
Aetna NATIONALNAP $129.17
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $134.23
CorVel Corporation MOWC $164.63
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $187.42
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $189.95
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $202.62
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $215.28
CCO, Inc. COMM $215.28

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Aluminum - quest at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $64.35 $25.48 – $105.08
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $64.35 $25.48 – $105.08
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $201.85 $24.97 – $54.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $64.35 $25.48 – $105.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $64.35 $25.48 – $105.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $64.35 $25.48 – $105.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $73.15 $22.93 – $45.86
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $91.00 $12.47 – $35.31

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