ER Visit (level 2) 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

$821.40

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.

$821.40

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.

$105.00 with United vs $936.00 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
United KSMGMCD $105.00 ↓ -87%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.10 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -87%
Home State Health Plan MCD $109.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $109.20 ↓ -87%
Unicare MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -87%
United MOMGMCD $115.50 ↓ -86%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $130.00 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $152.78 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $206.17 ↓ -75%
Humana ASO $277.63 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $277.63 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $277.63 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $312.13 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $312.13 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $312.13 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $312.13 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $336.77 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $353.20 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $353.20 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $353.20 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $369.63 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $390.17 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $410.70 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $410.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $432.88 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $469.18 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $525.70 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $525.70 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $550.34 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $586.07 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $586.48 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $616.05 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $622.62 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $629.19 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $640.69 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $655.48 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $655.48 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $698.19 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $698.19 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $698.19 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $718.73 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $739.26 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $936.00 ↑ +14%

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ER Visit (level 2) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $598.95 $49.65 – $184.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $559.35 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $559.35 $153.79 – $184.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $379.77 $152.95 – $276.83
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $521.95 $45.69 – $207.88

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