Blood typing patient serum 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

$214.49

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.

$214.49

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.

$16.34 with United vs $214.49 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 AllPayerAppendix $16.34 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $28.62 ↓ -87%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $28.91 ↓ -87%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $39.90 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $40.75 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $40.75 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $42.90 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $53.84 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $55.77 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.35 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $72.50 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $72.50 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $72.50 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $81.51 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $81.51 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $81.51 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $81.51 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $87.94 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $92.23 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $92.23 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $92.23 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $92.23 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.52 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $101.88 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $107.25 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $107.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $113.04 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $122.52 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $137.27 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $137.27 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $143.71 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $153.04 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $153.15 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $160.87 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $162.58 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $164.30 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $167.30 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $171.16 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $171.16 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $182.32 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $182.32 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $182.32 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $187.68 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $193.04 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $214.49 ↑ +0%

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Blood typing patient serum at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $31.90 $13.51 – $70.91
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $31.90 $13.51 – $70.91
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $84.15 $15.52 – $70.91
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $31.90 $13.51 – $54.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $31.90 $13.51 – $70.91
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $31.90 $13.51 – $70.91
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $33.55 $14.71 – $106.36
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $67.60 $12.44 – $77.97

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