Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without 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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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.

$101.17 with United vs $12,222.22 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
United KSMGMCD $101.17
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.22
Unicare MGMCD $105.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $106.23
United MOMGMCD $126.46
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $203.82
Cigna LocalKC $242.96
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $268.84
Cigna Comm $303.29
CorVel Corporation KSWC $319.25
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $327.65
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $332.69
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna IVLHIX $474.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $505.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $505.57
BCBS BlueAccess $505.57
Humana ASO $566.80
Humana HMO $566.80
Humana EPO $566.80
Aetna Local $667.00
Humana PPO $731.66
Humana POS $731.66
Aetna National $811.00
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,869.28
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,674.51
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,732.03
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,732.03
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,875.82
United OptionsPPO $3,609.15
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3,882.35
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,032.68
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,780.39
Coventry WCOMP $5,780.39
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5,895.42
BCBS PC $5,895.42
BCBS FreedomNetwork $5,895.42
BCBS Participating $6,183.00
BCBS Traditional $6,183.00
College Park Family Care Center COMM $6,183.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6,470.59
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $7,189.54
Aetna NATIONALNAP $7,333.33
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $7,620.91
CorVel Corporation MOWC $9,346.40
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $10,640.52
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $10,784.31
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $11,503.26
CCO, Inc. COMM $12,222.22
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $12,222.22

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,222.65 $175.68 – $806.49
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,222.65 $175.68 – $806.49
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,596.10 $172.17 – $1,007.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,222.65 $206.80 – $806.49
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,222.65 $175.68 – $806.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,222.65 $175.68 – $806.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,302.84 $174.72 – $316.23
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,050.75 $101.17 – $233.71

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