ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$503.93

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.

$503.93

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.

$75.00 with Sunflower State Health Plan vs $453.54 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — 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
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $75.00 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $93.73 ↓ -81%
United KSMGMCD $105.00 ↓ -79%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.10 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -78%
Aetna Better Health MCD $109.20 ↓ -78%
Unicare MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -78%
Home State Health Plan MCD $109.20 ↓ -78%
United MOMGMCD $115.50 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $126.49 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $170.33 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $170.33 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $170.33 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $191.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $191.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $191.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $191.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $206.61 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $216.69 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $216.69 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $216.69 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $226.77 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $239.37 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $251.97 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $251.97 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $265.57 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $287.84 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $322.52 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $322.52 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $337.63 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $359.55 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $359.81 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $377.95 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $381.98 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $386.01 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $393.07 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $402.14 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $402.14 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $428.34 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $428.34 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $428.34 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $436.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $440.94 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $453.54 ↓ -10%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $280.50 $84.46 – $101.35
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $280.50 $84.46 – $101.35
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $311.30 $25.24 – $101.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $280.50 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $280.50 $84.46 – $101.35
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $280.50 $84.46 – $101.35
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $190.46 $84.00 – $152.03
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $405.60 $23.23 – $115.59

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