X-ray thoracic spine 3 views 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.

$31.00 with Multiplan vs $2,211.11 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 $31.00
CorVel Corporation KSWC $36.81
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $37.78
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $38.36
Aetna IVLHIX $47.64
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $47.94
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $47.94
BCBS BlueAccess $47.94
Humana ASO $49.14
Humana EPO $49.14
Humana HMO $49.14
Aetna KCCarePlus $49.76
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.96
Humana PPO $63.44
Humana POS $63.44
Aetna Local $66.70
United MOMGMCD $74.95
Aetna National $81.88
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96
Cigna LocalKC $145.38
Cigna Comm $181.48
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $338.17
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $483.84
NHC Advantage MGMCD $494.25
NHC Advantage MGMCR $494.25
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $520.26
United OptionsPPO $652.93
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $702.35
Universal Healthcare MCR $910.46
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,045.73
Coventry WCOMP $1,045.73
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,066.54
BCBS PC $1,066.54
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,066.54
BCBS Participating $1,118.56
BCBS Traditional $1,118.56
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,118.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,170.59
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,300.65
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,326.67
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,378.69
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,690.85
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,924.97
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,950.98
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,081.05
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,211.11
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,211.11

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X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $275.00 $23.32 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $275.00 $23.32 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $330.00 $26.78 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $275.00 $23.32 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $275.00 $23.32 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $275.00 $23.32 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $302.50 $44.63 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $332.15 $28.00 – $139.62

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