ER Visit (level 3) 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

$2,730.20

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.

$2,730.20

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.

$105.00 with United vs $2,765.00 with Cigna — 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 $105.00 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.10 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $110.25 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $131.25 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $200.00 ↓ -93%
United OptionsPPO $685.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna IVLHIX $692.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $737.15 ↓ -73%
Aetna KCCarePlus $864.00 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,086.00 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $1,097.54 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,097.54 ↓ -60%
BCBS PC $1,119.38 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,119.38 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,119.38 ↓ -59%
Oscar HIX $1,128.00 ↓ -59%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,135.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna Local $1,136.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $1,173.99 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $1,173.99 ↓ -57%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,220.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,220.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,220.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,228.59 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,365.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,392.40 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,447.01 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $1,528.00 ↓ -44%
Humana EPO $1,528.00 ↓ -44%
Humana ASO $1,528.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna National $1,565.00 ↓ -43%
Humana PPO $1,736.00 ↓ -36%
Humana POS $1,736.00 ↓ -36%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,774.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,855.00 ↓ -32%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,020.35 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,047.65 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,184.16 ↓ -20%
Cigna LocalKC $2,212.00 ↓ -19%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,320.67 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,320.67 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,764.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna Comm $2,765.00 ↑ +1%

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ER Visit (level 3) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $958.65 $273.42 – $328.10
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $958.65 $273.42 – $328.10
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,037.85 $74.97 – $328.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $958.65 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $958.65 $273.42 – $328.10
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $958.65 $273.42 – $328.10
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $751.41 $271.91 – $492.15
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $977.60 $69.07 – $363.50

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