Knee MRI (with 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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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.

$393.31 with Multiplan vs $13,201.72 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $393.31
United KSMGMCD $415.56
HealthyBlue MGMCD $423.87
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $428.03
Unicare MGMCD $432.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $432.18
Aetna Better Health MCD $432.18
Home State Health Plan MCD $436.34
CorVel Corporation KSWC $467.06
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $479.35
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $486.72
United MOMGMCD $519.45
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $634.80
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $736.73
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $736.73
BCBS BlueAccess $736.73
Humana ASO $830.20
Humana HMO $830.20
Humana EPO $830.20
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $888.26
Cigna LocalKC $1,058.81
Humana POS $1,071.69
Humana PPO $1,071.69
Aetna IVLHIX $1,074.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,125.00
Cigna Comm $1,321.73
Aetna Local $1,514.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16
Aetna National $1,836.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,019.09
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,888.85
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,950.97
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,950.97
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,106.29
United OptionsPPO $3,898.39
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4,193.49
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,436.00
Aetna FHMedicalRental $6,243.63
Coventry WCOMP $6,243.63
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $6,367.89
BCBS PC $6,367.89
BCBS FreedomNetwork $6,367.89
BCBS Participating $6,678.51
BCBS Traditional $6,678.51
College Park Family Care Center COMM $6,678.51
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6,989.14
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $7,765.72
Aetna NATIONALNAP $7,921.03
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $8,231.66
CorVel Corporation MOWC $10,095.43
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $11,493.26
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $11,648.57
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $12,425.14
CCO, Inc. COMM $13,201.72
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $13,201.72

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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,921.70 $299.98 – $1,417.70
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,921.70 $299.98 – $1,417.70
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,666.50 $344.44 – $1,367.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,921.70 $299.98 – $1,430.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,921.70 $299.98 – $1,417.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,921.70 $299.98 – $1,417.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,366.20 $597.58 – $1,413.34
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,332.85 $415.56 – $1,037.21

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