Multi-durometer symes 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.

$827.36 with BCBS vs $894.22 with Pyramid Life — 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
BCBS MCRHMO $827.36
BCBS MCRPPO $827.36
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $827.36
United VACCN $835.72
Humana PFFS $835.72
BCBS TRICARE $835.72
Humana MGMCRHMO $835.72
Devoted Health MGMCR $835.72
Humana MGMCRPPO $835.72
Celtic MCR $852.43
Wellcare MCR $852.43
United MGMCR $852.43
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $852.43
Pyramid Life MCR $894.22

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Multi-durometer symes at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $585.35 – $1,002.86
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $497.97 – $497.97
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $835.72 – $894.22
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence not published $827.36 – $894.22
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City not published $819.33 – $894.22

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