Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$199.59

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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$199.59

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.

$24.41 with Cigna vs $169.65 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 $24.41 ↓ -88%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $25.95 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalKC $29.41 ↓ -85%
United KSMGMCD $30.47 ↓ -85%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $31.08 ↓ -84%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $31.38 ↓ -84%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54 ↓ -84%
Unicare MGMCD $31.69 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.69 ↓ -84%
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.69 ↓ -84%
Home State Health Plan MCD $31.99 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -83%
Cigna Comm $36.61 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $37.12 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $37.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $37.92 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $37.92 ↓ -81%
United MOMGMCD $38.09 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $39.92 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $50.10 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $53.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna IVLHIX $61.07 ↓ -69%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $63.85 ↓ -68%
Humana ASO $63.94 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $63.94 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $63.94 ↓ -68%
Humana EPO $63.94 ↓ -68%
Humana POS $63.94 ↓ -68%
Aetna KCCarePlus $65.67 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $69.86 ↓ -65%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $75.82 ↓ -62%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $77.81 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $78.44 ↓ -61%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $79.01 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $80.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $80.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $81.83 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $81.83 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $81.83 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $85.82 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $85.82 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $85.82 ↓ -57%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $88.18 ↓ -56%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $88.18 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueAccess $88.18 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $89.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $96.00 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $99.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $101.79 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $105.78 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $129.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $147.70 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $149.69 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $159.67 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $169.65 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $169.65 ↓ -15%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $67.65 $33.84 – $141.95
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $67.65 $33.84 – $141.95
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $190.85 $33.84 – $73.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $67.65 $33.84 – $141.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $67.65 $33.84 – $141.95
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $67.65 $33.84 – $141.95
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $151.25 $30.46 – $67.34
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $91.65 $11.00 – $51.53

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