Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) 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

$10,710.93

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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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$10,710.93

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.

$206.69 with United vs $9,104.29 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
United KSMGMCD $206.69 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $214.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $214.96 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $217.02 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $258.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $346.58 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $411.56 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $422.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.64 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $428.89 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalKC $508.55 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $634.84 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $780.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $780.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $780.38 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -92%
Humana EPO $875.54 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $875.54 ↓ -92%
Humana ASO $875.54 ↓ -92%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $1,130.22 ↓ -89%
Humana POS $1,130.22 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,392.42 ↓ -87%
Aetna Local $1,514.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna National $1,836.00 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,992.23 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,035.08 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,035.08 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,142.19 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $2,688.44 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,891.95 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,748.83 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,305.79 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $4,305.79 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,391.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $4,391.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,391.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $4,605.70 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $4,605.70 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,605.70 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,819.92 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,355.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,462.57 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,676.79 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,962.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,926.09 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $8,033.20 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,568.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $9,104.29 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $9,104.29 ↓ -15%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,619.75 $326.86 – $1,170.89
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,619.75 $326.86 – $1,170.89
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,889.25 $342.45 – $1,129.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,619.75 $326.86 – $1,170.89
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,619.75 $326.86 – $1,170.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,619.75 $326.86 – $1,170.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,179.42 $347.51 – $628.99
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,283.45 $426.23 – $468.85

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