Atomic absorption 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.

$6.55 with United vs $36.89 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
United KSMGMCD $6.55
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.68
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.81
Unicare MGMCD $6.81
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.81
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.88
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $8.07
United MOMGMCD $8.19
Cigna LocalKC $9.72
Cigna Comm $12.10
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $15.03
BCBS TRICARE $15.29
BCBS MCRPPO $15.74
BCBS MCRHMO $15.74
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $15.74
Humana MGMCRHMO $15.90
Humana PFFS $15.90
Humana MGMCRPPO $15.90
United VACCN $15.90
United AllPayerAppendix $15.90
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.90
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $16.22
United MGMCR $16.22
Celtic MCR $16.22
Wellcare MCR $16.22
Pyramid Life MCR $17.01
BCBS BlueAccess $17.17
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.17
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.17
Humana EPO $21.44
Humana PPO $21.44
Humana ASO $21.44
Humana POS $21.44
Humana HMO $21.44
Aetna IVLHIX $21.46
Aetna KCCarePlus $22.42
Oscar HIX $24.17
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $26.47
Aetna Local $30.05
CorVel Corporation KSWC $31.44
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $32.26
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $32.76
Aetna National $36.89

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Atomic absorption at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $15.90 – $61.49
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $15.90 – $61.49
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $15.58 – $31.85
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $15.90 – $61.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $15.90 – $61.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $15.90 – $61.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $14.31 – $28.62
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $15.90 – $61.49

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