Carotene 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

$681.21

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.

$681.21

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.

$4.67 with Cigna vs $579.03 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 $4.67 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $5.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna Comm $7.01 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $8.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.13 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.13 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.13 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $9.22 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.22 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.22 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $9.22 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $9.22 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $9.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.40 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.40 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $9.40 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.40 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.59 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $9.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.59 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.68 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $9.87 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $11.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $12.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.00 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $14.01 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $16.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Local $17.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $19.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $19.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $19.42 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $19.72 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $20.24 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $20.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna National $21.40 ↓ -97%
Humana POS $22.57 ↓ -97%
Humana ASO $22.57 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $22.57 ↓ -97%
Humana EPO $22.57 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $22.57 ↓ -97%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $88.56 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $126.71 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $129.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $129.43 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $136.24 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $170.98 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $183.93 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $238.42 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $273.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $273.85 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $279.30 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $279.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $279.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $292.92 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $292.92 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $292.92 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $306.54 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $340.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $347.42 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $361.04 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $442.79 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $504.10 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $510.91 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $544.97 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $579.03 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $579.03 ↓ -15%

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SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $53.35 $9.22 – $38.04
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