Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

1500 State St, Lexington, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1679520258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$6,136.96

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.

$6,136.96

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.

$101.17 with United vs $6,136.96 with Anthem MissouriCare — 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 $101.17 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.19 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.22 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.22 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $105.22 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $105.22 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $111.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $158.49 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $267.54 ↓ -96%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $270.27 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,141.47 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,166.02 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,166.02 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,540.38 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,595.61 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $2,074.29 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $2,074.29 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $2,074.29 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $2,332.04 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,332.04 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,332.04 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,332.04 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,516.15 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $2,638.89 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $2,638.89 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $2,638.89 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,638.89 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,761.63 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,915.06 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $3,068.48 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3,068.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $3,234.18 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $3,505.43 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $3,927.65 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $3,927.65 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $4,111.76 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4,378.72 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $4,381.79 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $4,602.72 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $4,651.82 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $4,700.91 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,786.83 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,897.29 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $4,897.29 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,216.42 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $5,216.42 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $5,216.42 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,369.84 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $5,523.26 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6,136.96 ↑ +0%

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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,018.60 $166.67 – $655.22
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,018.60 $166.67 – $655.22
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,375.00 $172.17 – $818.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,018.60 $166.67 – $655.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,018.60 $166.67 – $655.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,018.60 $166.67 – $655.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,058.64 $174.72 – $316.23
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,954.55 $101.17 – $233.71

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