Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain 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.

$2.73 with Cigna vs $91.34 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2.73
Cigna LocalKC $3.29
Cigna Comm $4.09
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.09
BCBS TRICARE $5.18
United KSMGMCD $5.25
BCBS MCRHMO $5.34
BCBS MCRPPO $5.34
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.34
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.36
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.39
Humana PFFS $5.39
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.39
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.39
United VACCN $5.39
United AllPayerAppendix $5.39
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.46
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.46
Unicare MGMCD $5.46
Wellcare MCR $5.50
Celtic MCR $5.50
United MGMCR $5.50
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.50
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.51
Pyramid Life MCR $5.77
United MOMGMCD $6.56
Aetna IVLHIX $7.28
Aetna KCCarePlus $7.60
Oscar HIX $8.19
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $9.34
Aetna Local $10.19
CorVel Corporation KSWC $11.10
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $11.33
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $11.33
BCBS BlueAccess $11.33
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $11.39
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $11.56
Aetna National $12.51
Humana POS $13.15
Humana ASO $13.15
Humana HMO $13.15
Humana EPO $13.15
Humana PPO $13.15
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $13.97
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $19.99
NHC Advantage MGMCD $20.42
NHC Advantage MGMCR $20.42
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $21.49
United OptionsPPO $26.97
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $29.01
Universal Healthcare MCR $37.61
Coventry WCOMP $43.20
Aetna FHMedicalRental $43.20
BCBS FreedomNetwork $44.06
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $44.06
BCBS PC $44.06
BCBS Participating $46.21
College Park Family Care Center COMM $46.21
BCBS Traditional $46.21
United GlobalBenefitPlan $48.36
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $53.73
Aetna NATIONALNAP $54.80
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $56.95
CorVel Corporation MOWC $69.85
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $79.52
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $80.59
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $85.97
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $91.34
CCO, Inc. COMM $91.34

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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $108.90 $5.39 – $22.21
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $108.90 $5.39 – $22.21
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $44.00 $5.28 – $11.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $108.90 $5.39 – $22.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $108.90 $5.39 – $22.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $108.90 $5.39 – $22.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $40.15 $4.85 – $9.70
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $81.25 $5.25 – $7.47

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