Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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.

$2.38 with United vs $40.50 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — 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 $2.38
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.39
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.43
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.48
Unicare MGMCD $2.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.48
United MOMGMCD $2.53
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $8.37
United OptionsPPO $11.29
Universal Healthcare MCR $11.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $11.70
Humana ASO $15.21
Humana HMO $15.21
Humana EPO $15.21
BCBS BlueAccess $17.10
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $17.10
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $17.10
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $17.10
BCBS FreedomNetwork $18.45
Humana PPO $19.35
Humana POS $19.35
BCBS PC $19.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $20.25
Aetna IVLHIX $21.38
Oscar HIX $22.50
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $22.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $23.71
Cigna LocalKC $25.70
BCBS Traditional $28.80
BCBS Participating $28.80
Aetna Local $30.15
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $32.11
Cigna Comm $32.13
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $33.75
Aetna NAP $34.11
Aetna National $34.47
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $35.10
Coventry WCOMP $35.91
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $35.91
CorVel Corporation MOWC $38.25
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $38.25
CCO, Inc. COMM $38.25
Aetna FHMedicalRental $39.38
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $40.50

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $68.25 $2.38 – $2.38
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $40.30 $3.19 – $3.19
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $23.40 $2.38 – $3.59
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $130.00 $4.18 – $4.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.25 $2.38 – $5.56
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $6.82 $2.38 – $2.60
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $138.25 $2.30 – $3.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.87 – $4.53

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