F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$3,740.49

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.

$3,740.49

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.

$695.73 with Ambetter vs $3,740.49 with Anthem MissouriCare — 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 $695.73 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $710.69 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $710.69 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $711.50 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $748.10 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $938.86 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $972.53 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $972.53 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,122.15 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $1,264.29 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $1,264.29 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,264.29 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,421.39 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,421.39 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,421.39 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,421.39 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,533.60 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $1,608.41 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $1,608.41 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,608.41 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $1,608.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,683.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $1,776.73 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $1,870.24 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,870.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,971.24 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $2,136.57 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $2,393.91 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $2,393.91 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $2,506.13 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,668.84 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $2,670.71 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2,805.37 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $2,835.29 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $2,865.22 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,917.58 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2,984.91 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $2,984.91 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,179.42 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,179.42 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,179.42 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,272.93 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,366.44 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $3,740.49 ↑ +0%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $513.70 $321.26 – $321.26
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $513.70 $321.26 – $321.26
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $89.02 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $513.70 $321.26 – $321.26
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $513.70 $321.26 – $321.26
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $513.70 $321.26 – $321.26
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $505.78 not published
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,363.70 $257.48 – $257.48

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