ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$4,610.93

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.

$4,610.93

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.

$105.00 with United vs $4,583.00 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 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.10 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $109.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $109.20 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $109.20 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $115.50 ↓ -97%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $400.00 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $857.63 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,157.34 ↓ -75%
Humana ASO $1,558.49 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,558.49 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $1,558.49 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,752.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,752.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,752.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,752.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,890.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $1,982.70 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $1,982.70 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $1,982.70 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,074.92 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,190.19 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $2,305.47 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,305.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,429.96 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $2,633.76 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $2,951.00 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $2,951.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $3,089.32 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3,289.90 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $3,292.20 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,458.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $3,495.08 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $3,531.97 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,596.53 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $3,679.52 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,679.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,919.29 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,919.29 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,919.29 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,034.56 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,149.84 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $4,583.00 ↓ -1%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,837.55 $596.49 – $715.79
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,837.55 $596.49 – $715.79
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,475.00 $211.38 – $715.79
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,837.55 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,837.55 $596.49 – $715.79
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,837.55 $596.49 – $715.79
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,735.09 $593.21 – $1,073.69
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $3,841.28 $105.00 – $804.90

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