Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

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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.

$2.01 with Ambetter vs $13.96 with United — 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
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $2.01
United OptionsPPO $2.72
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.81
Universal Healthcare MCR $2.81
Humana ASO $3.66
Humana EPO $3.66
Humana HMO $3.66
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4.11
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4.11
BCBS BlueAccess $4.11
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4.11
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4.44
Humana POS $4.65
Humana PPO $4.65
BCBS PC $4.65
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.87
Aetna IVLHIX $5.14
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5.41
Oscar HIX $5.41
Aetna KCCarePlus $5.70
Cigna LocalKC $6.18
BCBS Traditional $6.92
BCBS Participating $6.92
Aetna Local $7.25
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $7.72
Cigna Comm $7.73
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $8.12
Aetna NAP $8.20
Aetna National $8.29
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $8.44
United KSMGMCD $8.46
Coventry WCOMP $8.63
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $8.63
HealthyBlue MGMCD $8.63
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $8.71
Home State Health Plan MCD $8.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.80
Unicare MGMCD $8.80
CorVel Corporation MOWC $9.20
CCO, Inc. COMM $9.20
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $9.20
United MOMGMCD $9.28
Aetna FHMedicalRental $9.47
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $9.74
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $16.06 – $19.11
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $10.36 – $11.95
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $2.32 – $16.06

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