Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$256.84

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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.

$256.84

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.

$6.85 with BCBS vs $218.31 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
BCBS TRICARE $6.85 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $6.91 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.05 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.19 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.19 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.19 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $7.19 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $8.56 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.40 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $56.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $59.07 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $64.47 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $69.35 ↓ -73%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $77.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $77.05 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $77.05 ↓ -70%
Coventry WCOMP $103.25 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $105.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $105.30 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $105.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $110.44 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $110.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $115.58 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $128.42 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $166.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $190.06 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $192.63 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $205.47 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $218.31 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $218.31 ↓ -15%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $9.98 $3.46 – $6.91
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $10.73 $9.25 – $9.25
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $8.94 $11.71 – $11.71
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $9.98 $3.46 – $15.02
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $17.51 $6.91 – $7.51
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $77.00 $6.85 – $7.19
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $12.95 $6.91 – $7.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $8.03 – $11.93

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