Ghs musc test done w/n test comp 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

$358.39

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.

$358.39

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.

$56.86 with United vs $358.39 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 $56.86 ↓ -84%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $58.00 ↓ -84%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $58.57 ↓ -84%
Home State Health Plan MCD $59.13 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.13 ↓ -84%
Aetna Better Health MCD $59.13 ↓ -84%
Unicare MGMCD $59.13 ↓ -84%
United MOMGMCD $62.55 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $66.66 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $68.09 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $68.09 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $89.96 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $93.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $93.18 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $121.14 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $121.14 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $121.14 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $136.19 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $136.19 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $136.19 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $136.19 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $146.94 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $154.11 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $154.11 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $154.11 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $154.11 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $161.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $170.24 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $179.19 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $179.19 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $188.87 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $204.71 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $229.37 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $229.37 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $240.12 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $255.71 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $255.89 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $268.79 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $271.66 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $274.53 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $279.54 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $286.00 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $286.00 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $304.63 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $304.63 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $304.63 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $313.59 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $322.55 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $358.39 ↑ +0%

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Ghs musc test done w/n test comp at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $772.20 $45.54 – $45.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $772.20 $45.54 – $45.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $293.15 $52.29 – $52.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $772.20 $45.54 – $45.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $772.20 $45.54 – $45.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $772.20 $45.54 – $45.54
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $441.35 $16.50 – $144.63
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $301.60 $56.86 – $108.07

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