Fluoroguide needle placement 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

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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.

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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.

$35.92 with United vs $570.12 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
United KSMGMCD $35.92
HealthyBlue MGMCD $36.64
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $37.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.36
Unicare MGMCD $37.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $37.36
United MOMGMCD $39.51
CorVel Corporation KSWC $106.00
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $106.04
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $107.08
NHC Advantage MGMCR $108.32
NHC Advantage MGMCD $108.32
United OptionsPPO $143.10
Universal Healthcare MCR $148.23
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $148.23
Humana HMO $192.70
Humana EPO $192.70
Humana ASO $192.70
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $216.65
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $216.65
BCBS BlueAccess $216.65
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $216.65
BCBS FreedomNetwork $233.75
College Park Family Care Center COMM $245.15
Humana PPO $245.15
Humana POS $245.15
BCBS PC $245.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $256.55
Aetna IVLHIX $270.81
Oscar HIX $285.06
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $285.06
Aetna KCCarePlus $300.45
Cigna LocalKC $325.65
BCBS Traditional $364.88
BCBS Participating $364.88
Aetna Local $381.98
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $406.78
Cigna Comm $407.07
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $427.59
Aetna NAP $432.15
Aetna National $436.71
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $444.69
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $454.96
Coventry WCOMP $454.96
CorVel Corporation MOWC $484.60
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $484.60
CCO, Inc. COMM $484.60
Aetna FHMedicalRental $498.86
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $513.11
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $570.12

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $943.25 $74.09 – $162.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $485.65 $64.53 – $202.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $484.44 $85.31 – $85.31
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $430.95 $35.92 – $310.46

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