Artificial larynx 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.

$909.55 with BCBS vs $983.05 with Pyramid Life — 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
BCBS MCRHMO $909.55
BCBS MCRPPO $909.55
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $909.55
United VACCN $918.74
Humana PFFS $918.74
BCBS TRICARE $918.74
Humana MGMCRHMO $918.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $918.74
Humana MGMCRPPO $918.74
Celtic MCR $937.11
Wellcare MCR $937.11
United MGMCR $937.11
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $937.11
Pyramid Life MCR $983.05

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Artificial larynx at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $643.51 – $1,102.49
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $547.45 – $547.45
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $918.74 – $983.05
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $909.55 – $983.05
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $900.73 – $983.05

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