Tissue culture skin/biopsy 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

$2,857.27

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.

$2,857.27

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.

$59.51 with Humana vs $2,428.68 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
Humana ASO $59.51 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $59.51 ↓ -98%
Humana EPO $59.51 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $59.51 ↓ -98%
Humana POS $59.51 ↓ -98%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $71.35 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $85.98 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $107.02 ↓ -96%
United KSMGMCD $119.62 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $122.01 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $123.21 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $124.40 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $124.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $124.40 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $125.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $132.99 ↓ -95%
BCBS TRICARE $135.35 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $139.32 ↓ -95%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $139.32 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $139.32 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRHMO $140.73 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $140.73 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $140.73 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRPPO $140.73 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $140.73 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $140.73 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $143.54 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $143.54 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $143.54 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $143.54 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $149.53 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $150.58 ↓ -95%
Aetna IVLHIX $189.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna KCCarePlus $198.43 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $213.91 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $250.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna Local $265.98 ↓ -91%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $296.45 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAccess $296.45 ↓ -90%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $296.45 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $297.75 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $305.58 ↓ -89%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $310.29 ↓ -89%
Aetna National $326.49 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $371.45 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $531.45 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $542.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $542.88 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $571.45 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $717.17 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $771.46 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,000.04 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $1,148.62 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,148.62 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,171.48 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,171.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $1,171.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $1,228.63 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,228.63 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $1,228.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,285.77 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,428.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,457.21 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,514.35 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,857.23 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,114.38 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,142.95 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,285.82 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,428.68 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,428.68 ↓ -15%

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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $355.30 $140.73 – $580.29
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $355.30 $140.73 – $580.29
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $762.85 $137.92 – $300.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $355.30 $140.73 – $580.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $355.30 $140.73 – $580.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $355.30 $140.73 – $580.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,400.30 $126.66 – $253.31
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $419.90 $91.26 – $195.06

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