Culture screening strep group a 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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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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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.

$3.36 with Cigna vs $228.13 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 $3.36
Cigna LocalKC $4.05
Cigna Comm $5.04
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.27
BCBS TRICARE $6.38
BCBS MCRHMO $6.56
BCBS MCRPPO $6.56
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.63
Humana PFFS $6.63
Humana MGMCRHMO $6.63
Humana MGMCRPPO $6.63
United KSMGMCD $6.63
United VACCN $6.63
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
Celtic MCR $6.76
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.76
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.76
Wellcare MCR $6.76
United MGMCR $6.76
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.83
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.90
Unicare MGMCD $6.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.90
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.96
Pyramid Life MCR $7.09
United MOMGMCD $8.29
Aetna IVLHIX $8.95
Aetna KCCarePlus $9.35
Oscar HIX $10.08
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $11.94
Aetna Local $12.53
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.98
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.98
BCBS BlueAccess $13.98
CorVel Corporation KSWC $14.17
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $14.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $14.77
Aetna National $15.38
Humana POS $16.22
Humana ASO $16.22
Humana HMO $16.22
Humana EPO $16.22
Humana PPO $16.22
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $34.89
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $49.92
NHC Advantage MGMCD $50.99
NHC Advantage MGMCR $50.99
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $53.68
United OptionsPPO $67.37
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $72.47
Universal Healthcare MCR $93.94
Coventry WCOMP $107.89
Aetna FHMedicalRental $107.89
BCBS FreedomNetwork $110.04
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $110.04
BCBS PC $110.04
BCBS Participating $115.41
College Park Family Care Center COMM $115.41
BCBS Traditional $115.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $120.78
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $134.19
Aetna NATIONALNAP $136.88
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $142.25
CorVel Corporation MOWC $174.45
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $198.61
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $201.29
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $214.71
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $228.13
CCO, Inc. COMM $228.13

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Culture screening strep group a at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $53.35 $6.63 – $27.32
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $53.35 $6.63 – $27.32
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $61.60 $6.50 – $14.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $53.35 $6.63 – $27.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $53.35 $6.63 – $27.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $53.35 $6.63 – $27.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $117.70 $5.97 – $11.93
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $87.75 $6.63 – $9.19

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