Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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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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.

$15.65 with United vs $97.82 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 $15.65
HealthyBlue MGMCD $15.96
BCBS TRICARE $16.08
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $16.12
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.28
Unicare MGMCD $16.28
Home State Health Plan MCD $16.88
United MOMGMCD $20.10
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $25.32
United AllPayerAppendix $25.82
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $26.47
United OptionsPPO $28.89
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $31.07
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.52
BCBS BlueAccess $34.52
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.52
Coventry WCOMP $46.26
BCBS FreedomNetwork $47.18
BCBS PC $47.18
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $47.18
BCBS Traditional $49.48
BCBS Participating $49.48
United GlobalBenefitPlan $51.79
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $57.54
CorVel Corporation MOWC $74.80
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $85.16
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $86.31
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $92.06
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $97.82
CCO, Inc. COMM $97.82

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $190.38 $55.08 – $55.08
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $67.26 $15.65 – $32.87
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $129.95 $15.65 – $16.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $18.87 – $27.94
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $18.87 – $27.94
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $16.25 – $30.05
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $18.87 – $27.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $18.87 – $27.94

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