Echo exam of eye 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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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.

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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.

$50.44 with Multiplan vs $245.18 with United — 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $50.44
CorVel Corporation KSWC $59.90
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $61.47
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $62.42
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.96
United MOMGMCD $74.95
Humana EPO $77.34
Humana HMO $77.34
Humana ASO $77.34
Aetna IVLHIX $78.81
BCBS BlueAccess $79.79
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $79.79
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $79.79
Aetna KCCarePlus $82.32
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Humana PPO $99.84
Humana POS $99.84
Aetna Local $110.34
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Aetna National $135.44
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18

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Echo exam of eye at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $203.78 $46.93 – $196.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $41.72 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $41.72 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $41.72 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $41.72 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $41.72 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $41.72 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $81.46 – $188.49

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