Contrast x-ray of ankle 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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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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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.

$124.70 with CorVel Corporation vs $3,896.24 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
CorVel Corporation KSWC $124.70
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $125.98
United KSMGMCD $206.69
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $214.96
Unicare MGMCD $214.96
Home State Health Plan MCD $214.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96
United MOMGMCD $227.36
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $724.70
NHC Advantage MGMCD $740.29
NHC Advantage MGMCR $740.29
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United OptionsPPO $977.96
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,013.02
Humana ASO $1,316.93
Humana HMO $1,316.93
Humana EPO $1,316.93
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,480.57
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,480.57
BCBS BlueAccess $1,480.57
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,480.57
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,597.46
Humana PPO $1,675.38
BCBS PC $1,675.38
Humana POS $1,675.38
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,675.38
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,753.31
Aetna IVLHIX $1,850.71
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,948.12
Oscar HIX $1,948.12
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,053.32
Cigna LocalKC $2,225.53
BCBS Participating $2,493.59
BCBS Traditional $2,493.59
Aetna Local $2,610.48
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,779.97
Cigna Comm $2,781.92
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,922.18
Aetna NAP $2,953.35
Aetna National $2,984.52
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,039.07
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,109.20
Coventry WCOMP $3,109.20
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,311.80
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,311.80
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,311.80
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,409.21
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,506.62
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $3,896.24

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Contrast x-ray of ankle at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $879.45 $69.55 – $419.32
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $879.45 $69.55 – $419.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $879.45 $69.55 – $736.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $879.45 $69.55 – $419.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $879.45 $69.55 – $419.32
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,266.85 $84.12 – $1,815.97
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $879.45 $69.55 – $419.32
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $721.76 $67.94 – $662.62

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