Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$214.91

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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.

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$214.91

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.

$5.02 with Cigna vs $182.67 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

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 $5.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $6.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $7.52 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $9.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS TRICARE $9.51 ↓ -96%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $9.79 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.79 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRHMO $9.79 ↓ -95%
Humana PFFS $9.89 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $9.89 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -95%
United KSMGMCD $9.89 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $10.05 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $10.05 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $10.05 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $10.05 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $10.05 ↓ -95%
Celtic MCR $10.09 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $10.09 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $10.09 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $10.09 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $10.19 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.29 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.29 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $10.29 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $10.38 ↓ -95%
Pyramid Life MCR $10.58 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $12.36 ↓ -94%
Aetna IVLHIX $13.35 ↓ -94%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.94 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $15.03 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $17.65 ↓ -92%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $18.43 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAccess $18.43 ↓ -91%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $18.43 ↓ -91%
Aetna Local $18.69 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $20.96 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $21.51 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $21.84 ↓ -90%
Aetna National $22.94 ↓ -89%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $27.94 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $39.97 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $40.83 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $40.83 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $42.98 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $53.94 ↓ -75%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $58.03 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $75.22 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $86.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $86.39 ↓ -60%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $88.11 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $88.11 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $88.11 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $92.41 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $92.41 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $92.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.71 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $107.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $109.60 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $113.90 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $139.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $159.03 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $161.18 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $171.93 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $182.67 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $182.67 ↓ -15%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $47.85 $9.69 – $21.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $99.55 $9.89 – $40.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $68.75 $8.90 – $17.80
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $75.40 $9.89 – $13.71

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