Bronchial challenge 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

$4,692.04

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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$4,692.04

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.

$101.68 with United vs $3,988.23 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 $101.68 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.71 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.73 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $105.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.75 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $106.76 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $127.10 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $609.97 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $872.72 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $891.49 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $891.49 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $891.49 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $938.41 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $990.02 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $990.02 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $990.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,079.17 ↓ -77%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,163.63 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,177.70 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $1,243.39 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $1,243.39 ↓ -74%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,266.85 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $1,385.09 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,407.61 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,407.61 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,407.61 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,435.76 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,543.68 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,642.21 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $1,731.36 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $1,843.97 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,886.20 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $1,886.20 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,923.74 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,923.74 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $1,923.74 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,017.58 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $2,017.58 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $2,017.58 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,111.42 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $2,256.87 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,346.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $2,392.94 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,486.78 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,049.83 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $3,472.11 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,519.03 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $3,753.63 ↓ -20%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,753.63 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,988.23 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,988.23 ↓ -15%

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Bronchial challenge at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $820.05 $31.20 – $448.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $820.05 $31.20 – $448.51
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $887.70 $35.83 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $820.05 $31.20 – $31.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $820.05 $31.20 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $820.05 $31.20 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $912.36 $52.87 – $672.77
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $538.85 $54.43 – $408.81

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