Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$3,365.01

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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$3,365.01

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.

$338.95 with United vs $3,365.01 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 $338.95 ↓ -90%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $345.73 ↓ -90%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $349.12 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $352.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $352.51 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $352.51 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $352.51 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $372.85 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $484.57 ↓ -86%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $489.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $610.54 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $625.89 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $639.35 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $639.35 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $844.62 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $874.90 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $1,137.37 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $1,137.37 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,137.37 ↓ -66%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,278.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,278.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,278.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,278.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,379.65 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $1,446.95 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $1,446.95 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $1,446.95 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,446.95 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,514.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,598.38 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,682.51 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $1,682.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,773.36 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $1,922.09 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $2,153.61 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $2,153.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $2,254.56 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,400.93 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $2,402.62 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,523.76 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $2,550.68 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $2,577.60 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,624.71 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,685.28 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $2,685.28 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,860.26 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,860.26 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,860.26 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,944.38 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,028.51 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $3,365.01 ↑ +0%

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $789.25 $269.60 – $968.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $789.25 $269.60 – $968.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,047.20 $309.56 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $789.25 $269.60 – $879.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $789.25 $269.60 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $789.25 $269.60 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,222.10 $590.54 – $1,452.56
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $861.25 $445.48 – $1,072.46

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