Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit 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

$2,600.93

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.

$2,600.93

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.

$94.23 with United vs $4,583.00 with United — 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 $94.23 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $96.11 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $98.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $98.00 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $98.00 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $98.94 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $117.79 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $400.00 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $483.77 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $520.19 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $548.80 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $548.80 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $548.80 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $645.03 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $652.83 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $689.25 ↓ -73%
Humana POS $689.25 ↓ -73%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $702.25 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalKC $767.79 ↓ -70%
Aetna IVLHIX $772.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $780.28 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $780.28 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $780.28 ↓ -70%
Aetna KCCarePlus $855.71 ↓ -67%
Cigna Comm $959.74 ↓ -63%
Aetna Local $1,022.17 ↓ -61%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,045.57 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $1,045.57 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,066.38 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $1,066.38 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,066.38 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $1,118.40 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $1,118.40 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,170.42 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $1,251.05 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,300.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,326.47 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,378.49 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,690.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,924.69 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,950.70 ↓ -25%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2,080.74 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,210.79 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,210.79 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $3,336.00 ↑ +28%
United AllPayerAppendix $4,583.00 ↑ +76%

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Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $564.20 $482.03 – $530.24
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $5,483.41 $94.23 – $98.94
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $5,851.79 $94.23 – $114.02
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $96.11 – $136.63
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington not published $94.23 – $98.00

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