ER Visit (level 4) 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

$2,574.98

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.

$2,574.98

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 $2,764.00 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 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.10 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $115.50 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $300.00 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $478.95 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $646.32 ↓ -75%
Humana ASO $870.34 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $870.34 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $870.34 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $978.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $978.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $978.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $978.49 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,055.74 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $1,107.24 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $1,107.24 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $1,107.24 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,158.74 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,223.12 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $1,287.49 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,287.49 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,357.01 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $1,470.83 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $1,647.99 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $1,647.99 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $1,725.24 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,837.25 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $1,838.54 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,931.23 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $1,951.83 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $1,972.43 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,008.48 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $2,054.83 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,054.83 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2,188.73 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2,188.73 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2,188.73 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2,253.11 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2,317.48 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,764.00 ↑ +7%

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ER Visit (level 4) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,277.65 $417.94 – $501.52
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,277.65 $417.94 – $501.52
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,676.40 $142.72 – $501.52
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,277.65 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,277.65 $417.94 – $501.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,277.65 $417.94 – $501.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,239.18 $415.64 – $752.28
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,678.30 $73.00 – $559.02

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