Compatibility test incubate 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.

$0.46 with Cigna vs $347.89 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $0.46
Cigna LocalKC $0.55
Cigna Comm $0.69
Humana ASO $35.65
Humana PPO $35.65
Humana EPO $35.65
Humana HMO $35.65
Humana POS $35.65
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $48.28
BCBS BlueAccess $51.05
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $51.05
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $51.05
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $53.21
CorVel Corporation KSWC $57.33
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $58.84
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $59.75
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $76.13
NHC Advantage MGMCR $77.76
Oscar HIX $77.76
NHC Advantage MGMCD $77.76
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $81.86
HealthyBlue MGMCD $81.86
United OptionsPPO $102.73
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $110.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $122.78
Aetna IVLHIX $125.24
Aetna KCCarePlus $134.65
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $138.95
Universal Healthcare MCR $143.25
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
Aetna Local $160.85
Coventry WCOMP $164.53
Aetna FHMedicalRental $164.53
BCBS FreedomNetwork $167.80
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $167.80
BCBS PC $167.80
BCBS Participating $175.99
BCBS Traditional $175.99
College Park Family Care Center COMM $175.99
United GlobalBenefitPlan $184.18
Aetna National $196.86
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $204.64
Aetna NATIONALNAP $208.73
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $216.92
CorVel Corporation MOWC $266.03
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $302.87
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $306.96
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $327.42
CCO, Inc. COMM $347.89
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $347.89

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Compatibility test incubate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $94.05 $30.37 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $94.05 $30.37 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $112.75 $34.87 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $94.05 $30.37 – $149.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $94.05 $30.37 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $94.05 $30.37 – $204.77
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $47.45 $22.26 – $224.98
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $71.50 $19.78 – $224.98

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →