Microsatellite instability 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.

$176.72 with Cigna vs $808.66 with Aetna — 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 $176.72
Cigna LocalKC $212.97
Cigna Comm $265.08
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $329.38
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $345.07
BCBS MCRPPO $345.07
BCBS MCRHMO $345.07
Devoted Health MGMCR $348.56
Humana PFFS $348.56
Humana MGMCRHMO $348.56
Humana MGMCRPPO $348.56
United VACCN $348.56
United AllPayerAppendix $348.56
Celtic MCR $355.53
Wellcare MCR $355.53
United MGMCR $355.53
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $355.53
Pyramid Life MCR $372.96
Aetna IVLHIX $470.56
Aetna KCCarePlus $491.47
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $515.49
Oscar HIX $529.81
CorVel Corporation KSWC $612.14
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $628.25
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $637.92
Aetna Local $658.78
Aetna National $808.66

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Microsatellite instability at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,339.25 $341.59 – $618.44
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $306.90 $313.70 – $627.41
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $548.60 $169.39 – $565.36
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $659.75 $146.40 – $435.70
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $517.40 $169.39 – $565.36
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $144.95 $147.28 – $854.84
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $696.80 $169.39 – $1,928.70
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $348.56 – $1,193.98

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