Ophth Ultrasound b & quant a 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.

$65.14 with United vs $251.89 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 $65.14
HealthyBlue MGMCD $66.44
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $67.09
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.75
Unicare MGMCD $67.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $67.75
Home State Health Plan MCD $68.40
United MOMGMCD $81.42
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $85.60
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $100.05
CorVel Corporation KSWC $101.65
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $104.33
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $105.93
Humana ASO $134.31
Humana EPO $134.31
Humana HMO $134.31
BCBS BlueAccess $136.99
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $136.99
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $136.99
Aetna IVLHIX $137.54
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $141.71
Aetna KCCarePlus $143.65
Cigna LocalKC $168.92
Humana PPO $173.37
Humana POS $173.37
Aetna Local $192.55
Cigna Comm $210.87
Aetna National $236.36
United AllPayerAppendix $251.89

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Ophth Ultrasound b & quant a at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $181.35 $25.25 – $1,064.56
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $567.00 $61.42 – $201.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $52.01 – $200.65
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $52.01 – $200.65
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $52.01 – $161.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $52.01 – $223.90
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $52.01 – $200.65
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $52.01 – $200.65

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