Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$1,022.77

Cash price

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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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$1,022.77

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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.

$20.58 with Cigna vs $869.35 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $20.58 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $24.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $30.88 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $30.99 ↓ -97%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $31.61 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $31.92 ↓ -97%
Unicare MGMCD $32.23 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.23 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.23 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $32.54 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $38.74 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $47.76 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $54.19 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $54.19 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $54.19 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $54.19 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $54.19 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $56.72 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $58.21 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $59.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $125.60 ↓ -88%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $125.60 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAccess $125.60 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $132.96 ↓ -87%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $138.95 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $190.24 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $194.33 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $194.33 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $194.33 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $204.55 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $256.72 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $276.15 ↓ -73%
Aetna IVLHIX $312.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $336.49 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $357.97 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $401.95 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $411.15 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $411.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $419.34 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $419.34 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $419.34 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $439.79 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $439.79 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $439.79 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $460.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $491.95 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $511.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $521.61 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $542.07 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $664.80 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $756.85 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $767.08 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $818.22 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $869.35 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $869.35 ↓ -15%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $301.95 $44.88 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $174.90 $39.09 – $149.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $204.60 $62.23 – $307.16
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $178.10 $30.99 – $224.98

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