Amino acids quant 2-5 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.

$9.95 with Cigna vs $45.49 with Aetna — 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 $9.95
Cigna LocalKC $11.98
Cigna Comm $14.92
United KSMGMCD $18.13
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.49
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $18.53
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.67
BCBS TRICARE $18.86
Unicare MGMCD $18.86
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.86
Home State Health Plan MCD $19.04
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $19.41
BCBS MCRPPO $19.41
BCBS MCRHMO $19.41
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.61
Humana MGMCRPPO $19.61
United VACCN $19.61
United AllPayerAppendix $19.61
Humana MGMCRHMO $19.61
Humana PFFS $19.61
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $20.00
Wellcare MCR $20.00
Celtic MCR $20.00
United MGMCR $20.00
Pyramid Life MCR $20.98
United MOMGMCD $22.66
Aetna IVLHIX $26.47
Aetna KCCarePlus $27.65
Oscar HIX $29.81
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $30.11
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $33.04
BCBS BlueAccess $33.04
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $33.04
CorVel Corporation KSWC $35.76
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $36.70
Aetna Local $37.06
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $37.26
Humana ASO $41.28
Humana POS $41.28
Humana EPO $41.28
Humana PPO $41.28
Humana HMO $41.28
Aetna National $45.49

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $39.05 $19.61 – $69.57
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $39.05 $19.61 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $39.05 $19.61 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $39.05 $19.61 – $69.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $39.05 $19.61 – $69.57
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $137.80 $18.13 – $27.18
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $169.00 $19.61 – $27.18
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $166.40 $17.44 – $72.62

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