Cytopath smear other source 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

$1,099.53

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.

$1,099.53

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.

$45.15 with Cigna vs $934.60 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 $45.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.29 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $54.42 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $56.79 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $57.93 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $58.49 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $59.06 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $59.06 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $59.63 ↓ -95%
Cigna Comm $67.73 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $69.70 ↓ -94%
Humana ASO $69.70 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $69.70 ↓ -94%
Humana POS $69.70 ↓ -94%
Humana EPO $69.70 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $70.99 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $84.10 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $99.86 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $102.49 ↓ -91%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $104.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $111.39 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $111.39 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $111.39 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $142.94 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $204.51 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $208.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $208.91 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $208.91 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $219.91 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $275.98 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $296.87 ↓ -73%
Aetna IVLHIX $336.46 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $361.75 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $384.84 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $432.12 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $442.01 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $442.01 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $450.81 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $450.81 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $450.81 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $472.80 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $472.80 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $472.80 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $494.79 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $528.87 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $549.76 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $560.76 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $582.75 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $714.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $813.65 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $824.65 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $879.62 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $934.60 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $934.60 ↓ -15%

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