MRI breast c- unilateral 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.

$198.49 with United vs $5,403.62 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 $198.49
HealthyBlue MGMCD $202.46
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $204.16
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $204.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $206.43
Home State Health Plan MCD $206.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $206.43
Unicare MGMCD $206.43
United MOMGMCD $218.34
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,005.07
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,026.69
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,026.69
United OptionsPPO $1,356.31
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,404.94
Humana HMO $1,826.42
Humana EPO $1,826.42
Humana ASO $1,826.42
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,053.38
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,053.38
BCBS BlueAccess $2,053.38
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,053.38
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,215.48
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,323.56
Humana POS $2,323.56
BCBS PC $2,323.56
Humana PPO $2,323.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,431.63
Aetna IVLHIX $2,566.72
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,701.81
Oscar HIX $2,701.81
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,847.71
Cigna LocalKC $3,086.55
BCBS Participating $3,458.32
BCBS Traditional $3,458.32
Aetna Local $3,620.43
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3,855.48
Cigna Comm $3,858.18
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $4,052.72
Aetna NAP $4,095.94
Aetna National $4,139.17
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,214.82
Coventry WCOMP $4,312.09
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,312.09
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,593.08
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,593.08
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,593.08
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,728.17
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,863.26
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $5,403.62

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MRI breast c- unilateral at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $783.75 $179.06 – $828.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $783.75 $179.06 – $828.15
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $183.15 $205.60 – $799.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $783.75 $179.06 – $828.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $783.75 $179.06 – $828.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $783.75 $179.06 – $828.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $467.28 $237.67 – $430.18
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,833.00 $157.73 – $936.03

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