Smear wet mount 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

$225.37

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.

$225.37

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.

$2.95 with Cigna vs $191.56 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 $2.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalKC $3.55 ↓ -98%
Cigna Comm $4.42 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $5.02 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.12 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $5.17 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $5.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.22 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.22 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.27 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS TRICARE $5.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRHMO $5.76 ↓ -97%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.76 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -97%
Humana PFFS $5.82 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.82 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.82 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $5.82 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MCR $5.94 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $5.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $5.94 ↓ -97%
Celtic MCR $5.94 ↓ -97%
Pyramid Life MCR $6.23 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $6.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $7.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $8.21 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $8.30 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $8.85 ↓ -96%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $8.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAccess $8.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $8.98 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $9.86 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $10.12 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $10.28 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $10.45 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $10.45 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $10.45 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $10.45 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $10.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna Local $11.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $13.50 ↓ -94%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $29.30 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $41.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $42.82 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $42.82 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $45.07 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $56.57 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $60.85 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $78.88 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $90.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $90.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $92.40 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $92.40 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $92.40 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $96.91 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $96.91 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $96.91 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $101.42 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $112.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $114.94 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $119.45 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $146.49 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $166.77 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $169.03 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $180.30 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $191.56 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $191.56 ↓ -15%

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