Lymphatics/lymph node imaging 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

$5,123.29

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.

$5,123.29

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 $5,123.29 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 ↓ -94%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $288.68 ↓ -94%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $291.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $294.34 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $294.34 ↓ -94%
Unicare MGMCD $294.34 ↓ -94%
Home State Health Plan MCD $294.34 ↓ -94%
United MOMGMCD $311.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $434.20 ↓ -92%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $497.11 ↓ -90%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $502.19 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $952.93 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $973.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $973.43 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,285.95 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,332.06 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $1,731.67 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,731.67 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $1,731.67 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $1,946.85 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1,946.85 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1,946.85 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1,946.85 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,100.55 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $2,203.01 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $2,203.01 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $2,203.01 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,203.01 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,305.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,433.56 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $2,561.64 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,561.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,699.97 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $2,926.42 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $3,278.91 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $3,278.91 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $3,432.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3,655.47 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $3,658.03 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,842.47 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $3,883.45 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $3,924.44 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,996.17 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,088.39 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $4,088.39 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,354.80 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,354.80 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,354.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,482.88 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,610.96 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $5,123.29 ↑ +0%

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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $821.70 $310.45 – $951.14
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $821.70 $310.45 – $951.14
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,045.00 $356.47 – $763.33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $821.70 $310.45 – $978.80
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $821.70 $310.45 – $951.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $821.70 $310.45 – $951.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,088.34 $452.69 – $978.92
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $1,201.20 $642.40 – $731.12

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