Inj vocal cord bulking agent 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.

$103.82 with United vs $4,027.00 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 AllPayerAppendix $103.82
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $749.02
HealthyBlue MGMCD $805.40
United OptionsPPO $1,010.78
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,047.02
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,047.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,208.10
Humana ASO $1,361.13
Humana HMO $1,361.13
Humana EPO $1,361.13
BCBS BlueAccess $1,530.26
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,530.26
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,530.26
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,530.26
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,651.07
BCBS PC $1,731.61
Humana POS $1,731.61
Humana PPO $1,731.61
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,812.15
Aetna IVLHIX $1,912.83
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,013.50
Oscar HIX $2,013.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,122.23
Cigna LocalKC $2,300.22
BCBS Traditional $2,577.28
BCBS Participating $2,577.28
Aetna Local $2,698.09
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2,873.26
Cigna Comm $2,875.28
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,020.25
Aetna NAP $3,052.47
Aetna National $3,084.68
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,141.06
Coventry WCOMP $3,213.55
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,213.55
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,422.95
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,422.95
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,523.63
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,624.30
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $4,027.00

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Inj vocal cord bulking agent at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $1,700.00 $52.01 – $56.22
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $5,931.00 $51.51 – $56.22
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $31.18 – $31.18
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit not published $52.01 – $56.22
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $52.54 – $56.22

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