Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$4,337.97

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.

$4,337.97

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.

$283.02 with United vs $4,337.97 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 $283.02 ↓ -93%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $288.68 ↓ -93%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $291.51 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $294.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $294.34 ↓ -93%
Unicare MGMCD $294.34 ↓ -93%
Home State Health Plan MCD $294.34 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $311.19 ↓ -93%
United MOMGMCD $311.32 ↓ -93%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $314.36 ↓ -93%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $434.20 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $806.86 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $824.21 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $824.21 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,088.83 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,127.87 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $1,466.23 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $1,466.23 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,466.23 ↓ -66%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,648.43 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,648.43 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,648.43 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,648.43 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1,778.57 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $1,865.33 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $1,865.33 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $1,865.33 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $1,865.33 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,952.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,060.54 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,168.99 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $2,168.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,286.11 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $2,477.85 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $2,776.30 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $2,776.30 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $2,906.44 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3,095.14 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $3,097.31 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,253.48 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $3,288.18 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $3,322.89 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,383.62 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3,461.70 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $3,461.70 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3,687.27 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3,687.27 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $3,687.27 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3,795.72 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3,904.17 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $4,337.97 ↑ +0%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $767.25 $193.96 – $652.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $767.25 $193.96 – $652.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,344.20 $222.71 – $652.62
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $767.25 $193.96 – $978.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $767.25 $193.96 – $652.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $767.25 $193.96 – $652.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,061.94 $311.43 – $978.92
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,467.70 $69.00 – $706.64

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