Heparin assay 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

$1,742.35

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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$1,742.35

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.

$6.64 with Cigna vs $1,481.00 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $6.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalKC $8.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna Comm $9.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $12.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS TRICARE $12.59 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRHMO $12.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.96 ↓ -99%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $12.96 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
Humana PFFS $13.09 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRHMO $13.09 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCRPPO $13.09 ↓ -99%
United KSMGMCD $13.09 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $13.09 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $13.35 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $13.35 ↓ -99%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $13.35 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $13.35 ↓ -99%
Celtic MCR $13.35 ↓ -99%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $13.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.61 ↓ -99%
Unicare MGMCD $13.61 ↓ -99%
Home State Health Plan MCD $13.74 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MCR $14.01 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $16.36 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAccess $17.67 ↓ -99%
Aetna IVLHIX $17.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.67 ↓ -99%
Aetna KCCarePlus $18.46 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $19.90 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $23.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna Local $24.74 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $27.74 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $28.47 ↓ -98%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna National $30.37 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $32.05 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $32.05 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $32.05 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $32.05 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $32.05 ↓ -98%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $226.51 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $324.08 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $331.05 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $331.05 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $348.47 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $437.33 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $470.43 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $609.82 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $700.42 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $700.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $714.36 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $714.36 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $714.36 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $749.21 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $749.21 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $749.21 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $784.06 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $871.17 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $888.60 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $923.45 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,132.53 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,289.34 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,306.76 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,393.88 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,481.00 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,481.00 ↓ -15%

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