Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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.

$43.33 with Cigna vs $383.30 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $43.33
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.29
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
Cigna LocalKC $52.22
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $58.62
Cigna Comm $64.99
United KSMGMCD $65.99
HealthyBlue MGMCD $67.31
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $67.97
Aetna Better Health MCD $68.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $68.63
Unicare MGMCD $68.63
Home State Health Plan MCD $69.29
United MOMGMCD $82.49
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $83.87
NHC Advantage MGMCR $85.68
Oscar HIX $85.68
NHC Advantage MGMCD $85.68
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $90.19
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $102.78
United OptionsPPO $113.19
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $121.75
CorVel Corporation KSWC $122.06
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $125.27
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $127.20
Humana POS $136.39
Humana PPO $136.39
Humana EPO $136.39
Humana HMO $136.39
Humana ASO $136.39
Aetna IVLHIX $137.99
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $138.47
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $138.47
BCBS BlueAccess $138.47
Aetna KCCarePlus $148.36
Universal Healthcare MCR $157.83
Aetna Local $177.22
Aetna FHMedicalRental $181.28
Coventry WCOMP $181.28
BCBS FreedomNetwork $184.89
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $184.89
BCBS PC $184.89
BCBS Traditional $193.90
College Park Family Care Center COMM $193.90
BCBS Participating $193.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $202.92
Aetna National $216.90
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $225.47
Aetna NATIONALNAP $229.98
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $239.00
CorVel Corporation MOWC $293.11
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $333.70
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $338.20
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $360.75
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $383.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $383.30

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $114.95 $49.76 – $228.42
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $114.95 $49.76 – $228.42
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $129.25 $49.76 – $147.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $114.95 $49.76 – $228.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $114.95 $49.76 – $228.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $114.95 $49.76 – $228.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $82.50 $44.78 – $93.95
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $107.90 $13.00 – $70.15

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