Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

1500 State St, Lexington, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1679520258

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$806.53

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.

$806.53

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.

$79.38 with United vs $806.53 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 $79.38 ↓ -90%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $80.97 ↓ -90%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $81.76 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $82.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $82.56 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $82.56 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $150.01 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $153.24 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $153.24 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $196.79 ↓ -76%
Universal Healthcare MCR $209.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $209.70 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $270.19 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $306.48 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $306.48 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $306.48 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $306.48 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $330.68 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $346.81 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $346.81 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $362.94 ↓ -55%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $403.26 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $403.26 ↓ -50%
Humana PPO $418.59 ↓ -48%
Cigna LocalKC $458.92 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $516.18 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $516.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna Comm $573.68 ↓ -29%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $575.46 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $612.96 ↓ -24%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $629.09 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $643.61 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $643.61 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $685.55 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $685.55 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $685.55 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $705.71 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $725.88 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $806.53 ↑ +0%

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Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $920.70 $99.66 – $286.78
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $920.70 $99.66 – $286.78
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $445.50 $114.43 – $286.78
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $920.70 $99.66 – $99.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $920.70 $99.66 – $286.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $920.70 $99.66 – $286.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $835.49 $122.14 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $488.80 $59.00 – $317.33

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