Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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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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.

$130.70 with BCBS vs $4,652.00 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
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $130.70
BCBS BlueAccess $130.70
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $130.70
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $692.23
CorVel Corporation KSWC $822.03
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $843.66
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $856.64
United KSMGMCD $983.87
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,003.55
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1,013.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,023.22
Unicare MGMCD $1,023.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,023.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $1,033.06
United MOMGMCD $1,229.84
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,313.23
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,735.58
Humana ASO $1,878.94
Humana EPO $1,878.94
Humana HMO $1,878.94
Cigna LocalKC $2,068.81
Humana PPO $2,425.49
Humana POS $2,425.49
Cigna Comm $2,582.54
Aetna IVLHIX $2,589.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,850.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77
Aetna Local $3,830.00
Aetna National $4,652.00

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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,455.75 $1,282.26 – $1,718.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,455.75 $1,282.26 – $1,718.71
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $3,655.85 $1,403.61 – $5,930.89
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,455.75 $1,282.26 – $2,960.68
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,455.75 $1,282.26 – $1,718.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,455.75 $1,282.26 – $1,718.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $4,161.30 $1,424.38 – $2,578.06
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,482.35 $945.29 – $9,189.19

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