Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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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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.

$0.01 with Aetna Better Health vs $0.26 with CCO, Inc. — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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

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
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.01
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.01
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.01
Unicare MGMCD $0.01
United KSMGMCD $0.01
United MOMGMCD $0.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.01
BCBS TRICARE $0.01
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $0.07
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.07
United OptionsPPO $0.08
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.08
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $0.09
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $0.09
BCBS BlueAccess $0.09
Coventry WCOMP $0.12
BCBS FreedomNetwork $0.13
BCBS Traditional $0.13
BCBS PC $0.13
BCBS Participating $0.13
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $0.13
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.14
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $0.15
CorVel Corporation MOWC $0.20
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $0.23
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $0.23
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $0.25
CCO, Inc. COMM $0.26
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $0.26

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $17.26 $0.12 – $0.12
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $9.75 $1.50 – $1.50
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $59.36 $0.12 – $0.12
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $15.11 $0.24 – $0.24
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $42.47 $0.12 – $0.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.01 – $0.02
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.01 – $0.02
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.02 – $0.02

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