Brain image 4+ views 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

$3,021.38

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.

$3,021.38

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.

$283.02 with United vs $3,021.38 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 $283.02 ↓ -91%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $287.38 ↓ -90%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $288.68 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $290.32 ↓ -90%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $291.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $294.34 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $294.34 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $294.34 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $294.34 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $311.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $434.20 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $561.98 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $574.06 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $574.06 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $758.37 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $785.56 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $1,021.23 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $1,021.23 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,021.23 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -64%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,148.12 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,148.12 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,148.12 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,148.12 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,238.77 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $1,299.19 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $1,299.19 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $1,299.19 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,299.19 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,359.62 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,435.16 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,510.69 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $1,510.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,592.27 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $1,725.81 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $1,933.68 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $1,933.68 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $2,024.32 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,155.75 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $2,157.27 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,266.03 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $2,290.21 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $2,314.38 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,356.68 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,411.06 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $2,411.06 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,568.17 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,568.17 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,568.17 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,643.71 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,719.24 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $3,021.38 ↑ +0%

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