Cholesterol body fluid 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.

$3.25 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $21.24 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $3.25
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $4.65
Oscar HIX $4.75
NHC Advantage MGMCD $4.75
NHC Advantage MGMCR $4.75
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $5.00
Humana EPO $5.27
Humana ASO $5.27
Humana HMO $5.27
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.50
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.75
United OptionsPPO $6.27
Humana POS $6.62
Humana PPO $6.62
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $6.75
BCBS BlueAccess $7.50
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $7.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.50
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $7.50
Aetna IVLHIX $7.65
Aetna KCCarePlus $8.22
Universal Healthcare MCR $8.75
Aetna Local $9.82
Coventry WCOMP $10.05
Aetna FHMedicalRental $10.05
BCBS PC $10.25
BCBS FreedomNetwork $10.25
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $10.25
BCBS Traditional $10.75
BCBS Participating $10.75
College Park Family Care Center COMM $10.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11.25
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $11.65
Aetna National $12.02
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $12.49
Aetna NATIONALNAP $12.74
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $13.24
Cigna LocalKC $14.04
CorVel Corporation MOWC $16.24
Cigna Comm $17.48
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $18.49
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $18.74
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $19.99
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $19.99
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $21.24
CCO, Inc. COMM $21.24

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $58.30 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $58.30 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $49.50 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $58.30 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $58.30 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $58.30 $40.23 – $40.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $962.50 not published
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $904.15 $53.55 – $53.55

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