Cell marker study 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$46.29 with Aetna Coventry vs $1,120.56 with CCO, Inc. — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.29
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $64.75
Cigna LocalKC $78.03
United KSMGMCD $82.47
HealthyBlue MGMCD $84.12
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $84.94
Unicare MGMCD $85.77
Amerigroup MGMCD $85.77
Aetna Better Health MCD $85.77
Home State Health Plan MCD $86.59
Cigna Comm $97.12
United MOMGMCD $103.09
Humana EPO $117.70
Humana POS $117.70
Humana ASO $117.70
Humana PPO $117.70
Humana HMO $117.70
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $134.46
CorVel Corporation KSWC $159.67
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $163.87
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $166.39
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $171.02
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $171.02
BCBS BlueAccess $171.02
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $171.38
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $245.20
Oscar HIX $250.48
NHC Advantage MGMCR $250.48
NHC Advantage MGMCD $250.48
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $263.66
United OptionsPPO $330.89
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $355.94
Aetna IVLHIX $403.40
Aetna KCCarePlus $433.72
Universal Healthcare MCR $461.40
Aetna Local $518.09
Aetna FHMedicalRental $529.96
Coventry WCOMP $529.96
BCBS FreedomNetwork $540.50
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $540.50
BCBS PC $540.50
BCBS Traditional $566.87
College Park Family Care Center COMM $566.87
BCBS Participating $566.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $593.24
Aetna National $634.10
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $659.15
Aetna NATIONALNAP $672.33
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $698.70
CorVel Corporation MOWC $856.89
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $975.54
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $988.73
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,054.64
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,120.56
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,120.56

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Cell marker study at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $116.05 $49.76 – $299.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $116.05 $49.76 – $299.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $116.05 $49.76 – $299.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $116.05 $49.76 – $299.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $116.05 $49.76 – $299.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $206.05 $51.63 – $147.81
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $116.05 $49.76 – $299.00
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $172.70 $49.76 – $215.92

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →