Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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.

$28.92 with Cigna vs $140.84 with United — 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 $28.92
Cigna LocalKC $34.86
Cigna Comm $43.38
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $53.91
BCBS MCRHMO $56.47
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $56.47
BCBS MCRPPO $56.47
Humana MGMCRHMO $57.04
United VACCN $57.04
United AllPayerAppendix $57.04
Humana PFFS $57.04
Humana MGMCRPPO $57.04
Devoted Health MGMCR $57.04
Wellcare MCR $58.18
Celtic MCR $58.18
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $58.18
United MGMCR $58.18
Pyramid Life MCR $61.03
Aetna IVLHIX $77.01
Aetna KCCarePlus $80.43
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $82.02
Oscar HIX $86.70
CorVel Corporation KSWC $97.40
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $99.97
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $101.50
Aetna Local $107.81
United KSMGMCD $112.67
HealthyBlue MGMCD $114.92
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $116.05
Unicare MGMCD $117.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $117.18
Aetna Better Health MCD $117.18
Home State Health Plan MCD $118.30
Aetna National $132.34
United MOMGMCD $140.84

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Chromo high res and frag x - sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $322.85 $57.04 – $190.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $322.85 $57.04 – $190.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $322.85 $57.04 – $190.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $322.85 $57.04 – $190.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $322.85 $57.04 – $190.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $94.05 $51.34 – $102.67
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $261.30 $58.81 – $112.67
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $283.40 $57.04 – $79.06

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