Chromatography 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

$47.87

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.

$47.87

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.

$6.22 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $41.90 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6.22 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $8.90 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $9.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $9.10 ↓ -81%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.16 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $9.57 ↓ -80%
Cigna LocalKC $11.04 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $12.02 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $12.92 ↓ -73%
Cigna Comm $13.74 ↓ -71%
Universal Healthcare MCR $16.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $17.06 ↓ -64%
BCBS TRICARE $17.37 ↓ -64%
United KSMGMCD $17.80 ↓ -63%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $17.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS MCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.88 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -62%
Humana PFFS $18.06 ↓ -62%
Humana MGMCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -62%
Humana MGMCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -62%
United VACCN $18.06 ↓ -62%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -62%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $18.16 ↓ -62%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $18.33 ↓ -62%
United MGMCR $18.42 ↓ -62%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $18.42 ↓ -62%
Celtic MCR $18.42 ↓ -62%
Wellcare MCR $18.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.51 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.51 ↓ -61%
Unicare MGMCD $18.51 ↓ -61%
Home State Health Plan MCD $18.69 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $19.24 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $19.24 ↓ -60%
Pyramid Life MCR $19.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS PC $19.63 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $19.63 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $19.63 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $20.58 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $20.58 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $20.58 ↓ -57%
Humana ASO $21.44 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $21.44 ↓ -55%
Humana EPO $21.44 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $21.44 ↓ -55%
Humana POS $21.44 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $21.54 ↓ -55%
United MOMGMCD $22.25 ↓ -54%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $23.93 ↓ -50%
Aetna IVLHIX $24.38 ↓ -49%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $24.41 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $25.37 ↓ -47%
Aetna KCCarePlus $25.46 ↓ -47%
Oscar HIX $27.45 ↓ -43%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $31.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $32.18 ↓ -33%
Aetna Local $34.13 ↓ -29%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $35.42 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $35.90 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueAccess $38.03 ↓ -21%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $38.03 ↓ -21%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $38.03 ↓ -21%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $38.22 ↓ -20%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $38.30 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $39.22 ↓ -18%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $39.83 ↓ -17%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $40.69 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $40.69 ↓ -15%
Aetna National $41.90 ↓ -12%

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Chromatography at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $104.50 $17.70 – $38.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $132.55 $18.06 – $74.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $144.10 $16.25 – $32.51
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $98.15 $17.80 – $25.03

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