X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw 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.

$36.55 with Multiplan vs $2,635.02 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $36.55
CorVel Corporation KSWC $43.41
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $44.55
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $45.23
Aetna IVLHIX $59.25
United KSMGMCD $59.96
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $60.32
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $60.32
BCBS BlueAccess $60.32
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Humana ASO $61.41
Humana EPO $61.41
Humana HMO $61.41
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Aetna KCCarePlus $61.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.96
United MOMGMCD $74.95
Humana PPO $79.27
Humana POS $79.27
Aetna Local $82.95
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Aetna National $101.82
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $403.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $576.60
NHC Advantage MGMCD $589.00
NHC Advantage MGMCR $589.00
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $620.00
United OptionsPPO $778.11
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $837.01
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,085.01
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,246.21
Coventry WCOMP $1,246.21
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,271.01
BCBS PC $1,271.01
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,271.01
BCBS Participating $1,333.01
BCBS Traditional $1,333.01
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,333.01
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,395.01
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,550.01
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,581.01
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,643.01
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,015.01
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2,294.01
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,325.01
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,480.02
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,635.02
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,635.02

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X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $289.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $289.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $360.25 $32.12 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $289.30 $27.98 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $289.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $289.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $324.50 $56.72 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $371.80 $32.00 – $139.62

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