Enzyme histochemistry 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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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.

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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.

$64.37 with Ambetter vs $656.15 with United — 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
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $64.37
NHC Advantage MGMCR $65.76
NHC Advantage MGMCD $65.76
United OptionsPPO $86.87
United KSMGMCD $87.57
HealthyBlue MGMCD $89.32
Universal Healthcare MCR $89.98
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $90.20
Home State Health Plan MCD $91.07
Aetna Better Health MCD $91.07
Amerigroup MGMCD $91.07
Unicare MGMCD $91.07
United MOMGMCD $96.33
CorVel Corporation KSWC $109.38
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $110.49
Humana EPO $116.98
Humana HMO $116.98
Humana ASO $116.98
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $131.51
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $131.51
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $131.51
BCBS BlueAccess $131.51
BCBS FreedomNetwork $141.89
BCBS PC $148.81
College Park Family Care Center COMM $148.81
Humana POS $148.81
Humana PPO $148.81
United GlobalBenefitPlan $155.74
Aetna IVLHIX $164.39
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $173.04
Oscar HIX $173.04
Aetna KCCarePlus $182.38
Cigna LocalKC $197.68
BCBS Participating $221.49
BCBS Traditional $221.49
Aetna Local $231.87
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $246.93
Cigna Comm $247.10
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $259.56
Aetna NAP $262.33
Aetna National $265.10
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $269.94
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $276.17
Coventry WCOMP $276.17
CorVel Corporation MOWC $294.17
CCO, Inc. COMM $294.17
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $294.17
Aetna FHMedicalRental $302.82
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $311.47
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $346.08
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $610.54
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15

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Enzyme histochemistry at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $417.45 $69.57 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $386.65 $60.59 – $656.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $205.15 $97.41 – $1,452.56
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $193.70 $69.27 – $1,072.46

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