Cardiac MRI w/stress img 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.

$282.26 with United vs $1,836.00 with Aetna — 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 $282.26
HealthyBlue MGMCD $287.91
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $290.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $293.55
Unicare MGMCD $293.55
Amerigroup MGMCD $293.55
Home State Health Plan MCD $296.37
United MOMGMCD $352.82
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $394.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $428.73
CorVel Corporation KSWC $468.71
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $481.05
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $488.45
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $612.01
Cigna LocalKC $729.52
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $766.81
BCBS BlueAccess $766.81
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $766.81
Humana ASO $898.82
Humana EPO $898.82
Humana HMO $898.82
Cigna Comm $910.67
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Humana POS $1,160.26
Humana PPO $1,160.26
Aetna Local $1,514.00
Aetna National $1,836.00

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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,245.75 $285.65 – $1,075.69
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,245.75 $285.65 – $1,075.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,245.75 $285.65 – $1,075.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,245.75 $285.65 – $1,075.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,245.75 $285.65 – $1,075.69
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,286.05 $207.95 – $1,836.17
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $1,245.75 $285.65 – $1,075.69
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $3,161.96 $282.26 – $1,074.00

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