Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (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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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.

$206.69 with United vs $10,896.28 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 $206.69
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96
Unicare MGMCD $214.96
Aetna Better Health MCD $214.96
Home State Health Plan MCD $217.02
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $217.94
United MOMGMCD $258.36
CorVel Corporation KSWC $258.81
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $265.62
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $269.71
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $403.54
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $403.54
BCBS BlueAccess $403.54
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.64
Humana HMO $451.63
Humana EPO $451.63
Humana ASO $451.63
Aetna IVLHIX $474.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $498.00
Cigna LocalKC $508.55
Humana POS $583.00
Humana PPO $583.00
Cigna Comm $634.84
Aetna Local $667.00
Aetna National $811.00
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,666.49
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2,384.36
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,435.64
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,435.64
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,563.83
United OptionsPPO $3,217.61
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3,461.17
Universal Healthcare MCR $4,486.70
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,153.30
Coventry WCOMP $5,153.30
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5,255.85
BCBS PC $5,255.85
BCBS FreedomNetwork $5,255.85
BCBS Participating $5,512.23
BCBS Traditional $5,512.23
College Park Family Care Center COMM $5,512.23
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5,768.62
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6,409.57
Aetna NATIONALNAP $6,537.77
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $6,794.15
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8,332.45
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $9,486.17
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $9,614.36
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,255.32
CCO, Inc. COMM $10,896.28
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $10,896.28

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,018.60 $167.03 – $653.81
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,018.60 $167.03 – $653.81
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,408.00 $191.78 – $816.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,018.60 $167.03 – $736.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,018.60 $167.03 – $653.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,018.60 $167.03 – $653.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,058.64 $335.41 – $628.99
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,191.15 $206.69 – $468.85

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