Assay of glutathione 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.

$7.83 with Cigna vs $35.84 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 $7.83
Cigna LocalKC $9.44
Cigna Comm $11.75
United KSMGMCD $13.13
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.39
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.52
Unicare MGMCD $13.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.66
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.66
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.79
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $14.60
BCBS TRICARE $14.86
BCBS MCRPPO $15.30
BCBS MCRHMO $15.30
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $15.30
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.45
Humana PFFS $15.45
Humana MGMCRPPO $15.45
Humana MGMCRHMO $15.45
United VACCN $15.45
United AllPayerAppendix $15.45
Wellcare MCR $15.76
United MGMCR $15.76
Celtic MCR $15.76
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $15.76
United MOMGMCD $16.41
Pyramid Life MCR $16.53
BCBS BlueAccess $19.33
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $19.33
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $19.33
Aetna IVLHIX $20.86
Aetna KCCarePlus $21.78
Oscar HIX $23.48
Humana EPO $24.14
Humana PPO $24.14
Humana ASO $24.14
Humana POS $24.14
Humana HMO $24.14
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $25.44
Aetna Local $29.20
CorVel Corporation KSWC $30.21
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $31.00
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $31.48
Aetna National $35.84

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Assay of glutathione at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $15.45 – $58.78
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $15.45 – $58.78
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $15.14 – $30.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $15.45 – $58.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $15.45 – $58.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $15.45 – $58.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $13.91 – $27.81
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $15.45 – $58.78

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