Diffusing capacity 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

$966.59

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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$966.59

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.

$42.11 with United vs $821.60 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
United KSMGMCD $42.11 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $42.95 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $43.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $43.79 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $43.79 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.79 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $44.22 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $52.64 ↓ -95%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $125.66 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $179.79 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $183.65 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $183.65 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $183.65 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $193.32 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $203.95 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $203.95 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $203.95 ↓ -79%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $212.65 ↓ -78%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $222.32 ↓ -77%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $239.71 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $242.61 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $256.15 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $256.15 ↓ -73%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $260.98 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $285.34 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $289.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $289.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $289.98 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $295.78 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $318.01 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $338.31 ↓ -65%
Cigna Comm $356.67 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $379.87 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $388.57 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $388.57 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $396.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $396.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $396.30 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $415.63 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $415.63 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $415.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $434.97 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $464.93 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $483.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $492.96 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $512.29 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $628.28 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $715.28 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $724.94 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $773.27 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $773.27 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $821.60 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $821.60 ↓ -15%

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Diffusing capacity at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $475.75 $45.90 – $45.90
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $475.75 $45.90 – $45.90
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $369.05 $52.70 – $52.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $475.75 $45.90 – $45.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $475.75 $45.90 – $45.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $475.75 $45.90 – $45.90
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $617.05 $85.86 – $85.86
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $219.05 $42.11 – $48.20

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