Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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.

$0.12 with Sunflower State Health Plan vs $182.39 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
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.12
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.12
Unicare MGMCD $0.12
United KSMGMCD $0.12
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.12
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.12
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
BCBS TRICARE $0.21
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.22
United MOMGMCD $0.26
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $47.21
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $49.35
United OptionsPPO $53.86
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $57.94
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $64.37
BCBS BlueAccess $64.37
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $64.37
Coventry WCOMP $86.26
BCBS FreedomNetwork $87.98
BCBS PC $87.98
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $87.98
BCBS Traditional $92.27
BCBS Participating $92.27
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.56
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $107.29
CorVel Corporation MOWC $139.48
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $158.79
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $160.94
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $171.66
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $182.39
CCO, Inc. COMM $182.39

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $68.25 $0.60 – $8.10
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $76.37 $0.80 – $0.80
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $50.70 $0.50 – $1.25
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $130.00 $2.90 – $2.90
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.25 $1.00 – $2.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.20 – $0.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.20 – $0.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.21 – $0.37

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