Histochemical stains add-on 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

$398.60

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.

$398.60

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.

$34.37 with Cigna vs $338.81 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 $34.37 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalKC $41.42 ↓ -90%
Cigna Comm $51.55 ↓ -87%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $51.82 ↓ -87%
United KSMGMCD $59.25 ↓ -85%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $60.44 ↓ -85%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna Better Health MCD $61.62 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MGMCD $61.62 ↓ -85%
Unicare MGMCD $61.62 ↓ -85%
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.21 ↓ -84%
United MOMGMCD $74.06 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $74.14 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $75.73 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $75.73 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $75.73 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $79.72 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $79.91 ↓ -80%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $87.69 ↓ -78%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $91.37 ↓ -77%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $91.68 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $100.05 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $107.62 ↓ -73%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $108.50 ↓ -73%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $111.35 ↓ -72%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $113.07 ↓ -72%
Humana EPO $114.55 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $114.55 ↓ -71%
Humana ASO $114.55 ↓ -71%
Humana POS $114.55 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $114.55 ↓ -71%
Aetna IVLHIX $121.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $131.14 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $139.51 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueAccess $154.92 ↓ -61%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $154.92 ↓ -61%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $154.92 ↓ -61%
Aetna Local $156.65 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $160.24 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $160.24 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $163.43 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $163.43 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $163.43 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $171.40 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $171.40 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $171.40 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $179.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $191.73 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $199.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $203.29 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $211.26 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $259.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $294.96 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $298.95 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $318.88 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $338.81 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $338.81 ↓ -15%

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Histochemical stains add-on at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $172.70 $51.99 – $203.07
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $172.70 $51.99 – $203.07
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $280.50 $59.69 – $120.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $172.70 $51.99 – $203.07
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $172.70 $51.99 – $203.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $172.70 $51.99 – $203.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $113.30 $71.92 – $94.65
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $176.80 $56.14 – $85.05

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