Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm 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.

$118.67 with Ambetter vs $574.20 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
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $118.67
HealthyBlue MGMCD $127.60
United OptionsPPO $160.14
Universal Healthcare MCR $165.88
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $165.88
Aetna Better Health MCD $191.40
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
Humana EPO $215.64
Humana HMO $215.64
Humana ASO $215.64
BCBS BlueAccess $242.44
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $242.44
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $242.44
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $242.44
BCBS FreedomNetwork $261.58
BCBS PC $274.34
Humana POS $274.34
Humana PPO $274.34
United GlobalBenefitPlan $287.10
Aetna IVLHIX $303.05
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $319.00
Oscar HIX $319.00
Aetna KCCarePlus $336.23
Cigna LocalKC $364.43
BCBS Traditional $408.32
BCBS Participating $408.32
Aetna Local $427.46
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $455.21
Cigna Comm $455.53
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $478.50
Aetna NAP $483.60
Aetna National $488.71
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $497.64
Coventry WCOMP $509.12
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $509.12
CorVel Corporation MOWC $542.30
CCO, Inc. COMM $542.30
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $542.30
Aetna FHMedicalRental $558.25
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $574.20

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Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $338.79 $124.65 – $629.40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $338.79 $124.65 – $629.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $338.79 $629.40 – $651.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $338.79 $124.65 – $629.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $338.79 $124.65 – $629.40
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $482.30 $131.08 – $131.08
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $338.79 $124.65 – $629.40
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $122.15 – $380.19

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