Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$1,273.56

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.

$1,273.56

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.

$31.54 with Aetna Coventry vs $1,082.53 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $40.51 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalKC $48.81 ↓ -96%
Cigna Comm $60.76 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $76.51 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $78.04 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $78.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $79.57 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $79.57 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $79.57 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $80.34 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $95.64 ↓ -92%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $130.89 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $130.89 ↓ -90%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $130.89 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $151.58 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $165.56 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $180.01 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $184.74 ↓ -85%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $187.59 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $236.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $241.98 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $241.98 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $241.98 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $254.71 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $268.72 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $268.72 ↓ -79%
Humana EPO $268.72 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $319.66 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $337.49 ↓ -74%
Humana POS $337.49 ↓ -74%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $343.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna IVLHIX $389.71 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $419.00 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $445.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $500.51 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $511.97 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $511.97 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $522.16 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $522.16 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $522.16 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $547.63 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $547.63 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $547.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $573.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $612.58 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $636.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $649.52 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $674.99 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $827.81 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $942.43 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $955.17 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,018.85 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,082.53 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,082.53 ↓ -15%

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $69.85 $33.84 – $150.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $154.00 $33.84 – $291.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $120.45 $30.46 – $67.34
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $182.00 $38.57 – $76.51

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