Open bx/exc inguinofem nodes 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.

$1,830.41 with United vs $7,042.00 with United — 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 $1,830.41
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,867.02
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1,885.32
Unicare MGMCD $1,903.63
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,903.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,903.63
Home State Health Plan MCD $1,921.93
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,995.00
United MOMGMCD $2,288.01
NHC Advantage MGMCD $2,550.00
NHC Advantage MGMCR $2,550.00
Humana ASO $2,835.00
Humana EPO $2,835.00
Humana HMO $2,835.00
Aetna IVLHIX $2,989.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $3,351.00
Humana PPO $3,508.00
Humana POS $3,508.00
Aetna Local $4,907.00
Aetna National $5,687.00
United AllPayerAppendix $7,042.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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Open bx/exc inguinofem nodes at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $1,138.15 $394.41 – $5,027.16
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $26,270.88 $401.45 – $25,161.48
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $11,344.92 $394.41 – $7,419.69
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $465.02 – $4,706.11
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $465.02 – $4,706.11
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $533.95 – $4,706.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $465.02 – $3,379.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $465.02 – $4,706.11

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