Head CT scan (without contrast) 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.

$59.96 with United vs $8,534.35 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 $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.96
United MOMGMCD $74.95
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $95.78
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
CorVel Corporation KSWC $113.74
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $116.74
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $118.53
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $248.45
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $248.45
BCBS BlueAccess $248.45
Humana HMO $280.10
Humana EPO $280.10
Humana ASO $280.10
Humana POS $361.57
Humana PPO $361.57
Aetna IVLHIX $474.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00
Aetna Local $667.00
Aetna National $811.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,305.25
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,867.52
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,907.68
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,907.68
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,008.08
United OptionsPPO $2,520.14
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,710.91
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,514.14
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,036.24
Coventry WCOMP $4,036.24
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,116.57
BCBS PC $4,116.57
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4,116.57
BCBS Participating $4,317.38
BCBS Traditional $4,317.38
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,317.38
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,518.18
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5,020.20
Aetna NATIONALNAP $5,120.61
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,321.42
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,526.27
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,429.90
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $7,530.31
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,032.33
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,534.35
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,534.35

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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,018.60 $73.13 – $287.43
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,018.60 $73.13 – $287.43
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $990.00 $83.97 – $358.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,018.60 $73.13 – $287.43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,018.60 $73.13 – $287.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,018.60 $73.13 – $287.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $819.72 $104.14 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,258.40 $59.96 – $139.62

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