Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
2100 SE Blue Parkway, Lee's Summit, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1225085871
$18,488.39
Cash price 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.
$18,488.39
Gross charge 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 $15,715.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $206.69 | ↓ -99% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $210.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $212.89 | ↓ -99% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $214.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $214.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $214.96 | ↓ -99% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $217.02 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $258.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $326.74 | ↓ -98% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $345.19 | ↓ -98% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $409.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $420.70 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $426.64 | ↓ -98% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $427.18 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $508.55 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Comm | $634.84 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $941.36 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $941.36 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $941.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $1,074.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | EPO | $1,099.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | ASO | $1,099.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,099.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $1,125.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,419.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | POS | $1,419.63 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Local | $1,514.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | National | $1,836.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $2,403.49 | ↓ -87% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $3,438.84 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $3,512.79 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $3,512.79 | ↓ -81% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $3,697.68 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,640.59 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $4,991.87 | ↓ -73% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $6,470.94 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $7,432.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $7,432.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $7,580.24 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | PC | $7,580.24 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $7,580.24 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Participating | $7,950.01 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $7,950.01 | ↓ -57% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $7,950.01 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $8,319.78 | ↓ -55% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $9,244.19 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $9,429.08 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $9,798.85 | ↓ -47% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $12,017.45 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $13,681.41 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $13,866.29 | ↓ -25% |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $14,790.71 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $15,715.13 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $15,715.13 | ↓ -15% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $2,358.95 | $262.38 – $1,244.26 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $2,358.95 | $262.38 – $1,244.26 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $2,255.00 | $301.27 – $1,200.46 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $2,358.95 | $262.38 – $1,244.26 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $2,358.95 | $262.38 – $1,244.26 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $2,358.95 | $262.38 – $1,244.26 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,552.32 | $347.51 – $628.99 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $2,314.65 | $206.69 – $468.85 |