Knee X-ray 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.

$45.34 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,232.90 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
CorVel Corporation KSWC $45.34
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $45.81
United KSMGMCD $59.96
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36
Unicare MGMCD $62.36
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36
United MOMGMCD $65.96
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $229.32
NHC Advantage MGMCD $234.25
NHC Advantage MGMCR $234.25
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United OptionsPPO $309.46
Universal Healthcare MCR $320.55
Humana ASO $416.72
Humana HMO $416.72
Humana EPO $416.72
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $468.50
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $468.50
BCBS BlueAccess $468.50
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $468.50
BCBS FreedomNetwork $505.49
Humana PPO $530.15
BCBS PC $530.15
Humana POS $530.15
College Park Family Care Center COMM $530.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $554.81
Aetna IVLHIX $585.63
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $616.45
Oscar HIX $616.45
Aetna KCCarePlus $649.74
Cigna LocalKC $704.23
BCBS Participating $789.06
BCBS Traditional $789.06
Aetna Local $826.04
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $879.67
Cigna Comm $880.29
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $924.67
Aetna NAP $934.54
Aetna National $944.40
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $961.66
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $983.85
Coventry WCOMP $983.85
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,047.97
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,047.97
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,047.97
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,078.79
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,109.61
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,232.90

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Knee X-ray at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $256.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $256.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $335.50 $32.12 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $256.30 $27.98 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $256.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $256.30 $27.98 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $336.05 $54.52 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $482.30 $37.00 – $139.62

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