Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 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

$1,094.08

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.

$1,094.08

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.

$101.68 with United vs $1,094.08 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 $101.68 ↓ -91%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $103.71 ↓ -91%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $104.73 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $105.75 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $105.75 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.75 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $105.75 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $111.85 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $203.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $207.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $207.88 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $274.61 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $284.46 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $284.46 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $369.80 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $369.80 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $369.80 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $415.75 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $415.75 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $415.75 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $415.75 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $448.57 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $470.45 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $470.45 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $470.45 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $470.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $492.34 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $519.69 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $547.04 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $547.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $576.58 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $624.94 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $700.21 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $700.21 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $733.03 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $780.63 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $781.17 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $820.56 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $829.31 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $838.07 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $853.38 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $873.08 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $873.08 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $929.97 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $929.97 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $929.97 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $957.32 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $984.67 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,094.08 ↑ +0%

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Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $312.95 $62.39 – $259.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $312.95 $62.39 – $259.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $338.80 $71.63 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $312.95 $62.39 – $62.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $312.95 $62.39 – $259.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $312.95 $62.39 – $259.53
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $174.20 $137.65 – $408.81
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $187.85 $80.33 – $408.81

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