Hemoglobin thermolabile 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.

$4.56 with Cigna vs $20.88 with Aetna — 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4.56
Cigna LocalKC $5.50
Cigna Comm $6.84
United KSMGMCD $8.40
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $8.51
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.57
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.65
BCBS TRICARE $8.66
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.74
Unicare MGMCD $8.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.74
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.82
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $8.91
BCBS MCRHMO $8.91
BCBS MCRPPO $8.91
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.00
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.00
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.00
Humana PFFS $9.00
United VACCN $9.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9.00
Celtic MCR $9.18
Wellcare MCR $9.18
United MGMCR $9.18
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $9.18
Pyramid Life MCR $9.63
United MOMGMCD $10.50
Aetna IVLHIX $12.15
Aetna KCCarePlus $12.69
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $12.98
BCBS BlueAccess $13.48
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $13.48
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $13.48
Oscar HIX $13.68
CorVel Corporation KSWC $15.41
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $15.81
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $16.06
Humana EPO $16.85
Humana PPO $16.85
Humana ASO $16.85
Humana POS $16.85
Humana HMO $16.85
Aetna Local $17.01
Aetna National $20.88

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Hemoglobin thermolabile at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $9.00 – $30.06
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $9.00 – $30.06
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $8.82 – $15.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $9.00 – $30.06
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $9.00 – $30.06
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $9.00 – $30.06
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $8.10 – $16.20
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $9.00 – $30.06

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