Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$730.78

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.

$730.78

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.

$23.02 with Aetna Coventry vs $730.78 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
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.02 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $36.95 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $37.69 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $38.06 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $38.43 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $38.43 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.43 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $38.43 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $40.65 ↓ -94%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $72.49 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $73.23 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $135.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $138.85 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $138.85 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $183.43 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $190.00 ↓ -74%
Humana EPO $247.00 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $247.00 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $247.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $277.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $277.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $277.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $277.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $299.62 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $314.24 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $314.24 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $314.24 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $314.24 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $328.85 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $347.12 ↓ -53%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $365.39 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $365.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $385.12 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $417.42 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $467.70 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $467.70 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $489.62 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $521.41 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $521.78 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $548.09 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $553.93 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $559.78 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $570.01 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $583.16 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $583.16 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $621.16 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $621.16 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $621.16 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $639.43 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $657.70 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $730.78 ↑ +0%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $30.25 $24.67 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $120.45 $22.20 – $52.15
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $73.45 $29.23 – $36.95

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