Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$616.45

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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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$616.45

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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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$30.99 with United vs $616.45 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

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 $30.99 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $31.61 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $31.92 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.23 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $32.23 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $32.23 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $34.09 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $58.51 ↓ -91%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $59.10 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $114.66 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $117.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $117.13 ↓ -81%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $138.95 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $154.73 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $160.28 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $208.36 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $208.36 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $208.36 ↓ -66%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $234.25 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $234.25 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $234.25 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $234.25 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $252.74 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $265.07 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $265.07 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $265.07 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $265.07 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $277.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $292.81 ↓ -53%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $308.23 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $308.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $324.87 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $352.12 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $394.53 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $394.53 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $413.02 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $439.84 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $440.15 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $462.34 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $467.27 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $472.20 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $480.83 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $491.93 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $491.93 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $523.98 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $523.98 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $523.98 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $539.39 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $554.81 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $616.45 ↑ +0%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $301.95 $44.88 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $174.90 $39.09 – $149.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $174.90 $39.09 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $204.60 $62.23 – $307.16
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $178.10 $30.99 – $224.98

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