X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 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

$2,543.77

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.

$2,543.77

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.

$59.96 with United vs $2,162.20 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
United KSMGMCD $59.96 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $60.15 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.96 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $71.43 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $73.31 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $74.44 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $74.95 ↓ -97%
Aetna IVLHIX $75.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna KCCarePlus $78.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAccess $86.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $86.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $86.52 ↓ -97%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna Local $105.61 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $121.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna National $129.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalKC $145.38 ↓ -94%
Cigna Comm $181.48 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $330.69 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $473.14 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $483.32 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $483.32 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $508.75 ↓ -80%
Humana EPO $536.74 ↓ -79%
Humana ASO $536.74 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $536.74 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $638.49 ↓ -75%
Humana POS $674.10 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $674.10 ↓ -73%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $686.82 ↓ -73%
Universal Healthcare MCR $890.32 ↓ -65%
Coventry WCOMP $1,022.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,022.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS PC $1,042.95 ↓ -59%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,042.95 ↓ -59%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,042.95 ↓ -59%
BCBS Participating $1,093.82 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $1,093.82 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,093.82 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,144.70 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,271.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1,297.32 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,348.20 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,653.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $1,882.39 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,907.83 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,035.02 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,162.20 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,162.20 ↓ -15%

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $321.20 $46.08 – $141.02
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $321.20 $46.08 – $141.02
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $336.60 $52.92 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $321.20 $46.08 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $321.20 $46.08 – $141.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $321.20 $46.08 – $141.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $324.72 $74.42 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $328.25 $42.84 – $139.62

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