Myelography thoracic spine 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

$9,707.47

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.

$9,707.47

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.

$67.56 with Multiplan vs $8,251.35 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $67.56 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $80.23 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $82.34 ↓ -99%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $83.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $153.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $153.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAccess $153.49 ↓ -98%
Humana ASO $165.53 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $165.53 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $165.53 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $213.68 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $213.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna IVLHIX $277.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $290.35 ↓ -97%
Aetna Local $389.19 ↓ -96%
United KSMGMCD $415.56 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $423.87 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $428.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $432.18 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $432.18 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $432.18 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $436.34 ↓ -96%
Aetna National $477.74 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $519.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $634.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $888.26 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalKC $1,058.81 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,261.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna Comm $1,321.73 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,805.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,844.42 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,844.42 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,941.49 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $2,436.57 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,621.02 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3,397.61 ↓ -65%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,902.40 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $3,902.40 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,980.06 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $3,980.06 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $3,980.06 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $4,174.21 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $4,174.21 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $4,174.21 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,368.36 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $4,853.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $4,950.81 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5,144.96 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6,309.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $7,183.53 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $7,280.60 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,765.98 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $8,251.35 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8,251.35 ↓ -15%

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Myelography thoracic spine at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $943.80 $51.28 – $942.22
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $943.80 $51.28 – $942.22
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,391.50 $58.88 – $942.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $943.80 $51.28 – $1,430.36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $943.80 $51.28 – $942.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $943.80 $51.28 – $942.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $938.52 $130.93 – $1,413.34
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $1,071.20 $54.13 – $1,037.21

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