Contrast x-ray of wrist 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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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.

$125.27 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,188.50 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 $125.27
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $126.55
United KSMGMCD $206.69
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $214.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96
Unicare MGMCD $214.96
Home State Health Plan MCD $214.96
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $221.06
NHC Advantage MGMCR $225.81
NHC Advantage MGMCD $225.81
United MOMGMCD $227.36
United OptionsPPO $298.31
Universal Healthcare MCR $309.01
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74
Humana ASO $401.71
Humana EPO $401.71
Humana HMO $401.71
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $451.63
BCBS BlueAccess $451.63
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $451.63
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $451.63
BCBS FreedomNetwork $487.29
Humana PPO $511.06
College Park Family Care Center COMM $511.06
Humana POS $511.06
BCBS PC $511.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $534.83
Aetna IVLHIX $564.54
Oscar HIX $594.25
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $594.25
Aetna KCCarePlus $626.34
Cigna LocalKC $678.87
BCBS Traditional $760.64
BCBS Participating $760.64
Aetna Local $796.29
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $847.99
Cigna Comm $848.59
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $891.38
Aetna NAP $900.88
Aetna National $910.39
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $927.03
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $948.42
Coventry WCOMP $948.42
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,010.23
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,010.23
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,010.23
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,039.94
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,069.65
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,188.50

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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $527.45 $78.51 – $419.32
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $527.45 $78.51 – $419.32
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $561.00 $90.15 – $467.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $527.45 $78.51 – $736.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $527.45 $78.51 – $419.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $527.45 $78.51 – $419.32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $506.00 $141.37 – $628.99
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $657.80 $90.23 – $468.85

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