MRI upper extremity w/dye 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.

$206.69 with United vs $6,052.45 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 $206.69
HealthyBlue MGMCD $210.82
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $212.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $214.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.96
Unicare MGMCD $214.96
Home State Health Plan MCD $214.96
United MOMGMCD $227.36
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74
CorVel Corporation KSWC $516.38
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $521.65
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,125.76
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,149.97
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,149.97
United OptionsPPO $1,519.16
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,573.64
Humana ASO $2,045.73
Humana EPO $2,045.73
Humana HMO $2,045.73
BCBS BlueAccess $2,299.93
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,299.93
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,299.93
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,299.93
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,481.50
Humana PPO $2,602.55
Humana POS $2,602.55
BCBS PC $2,602.55
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,602.55
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,723.60
Aetna IVLHIX $2,874.91
Oscar HIX $3,026.22
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3,026.22
Aetna KCCarePlus $3,189.64
Cigna LocalKC $3,457.16
BCBS Participating $3,873.57
BCBS Traditional $3,873.57
Aetna Local $4,055.14
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4,318.42
Cigna Comm $4,321.45
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $4,539.34
Aetna NAP $4,587.76
Aetna National $4,636.18
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,720.91
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,829.86
Coventry WCOMP $4,829.86
CorVel Corporation MOWC $5,144.58
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $5,144.58
CCO, Inc. COMM $5,144.58
Aetna FHMedicalRental $5,295.89
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $5,447.20
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $6,052.45

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MRI upper extremity w/dye at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,705.00 $322.23 – $1,519.42
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,705.00 $322.23 – $1,519.42
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,989.35 $342.45 – $1,465.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,705.00 $322.23 – $1,519.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,705.00 $322.23 – $1,519.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,705.00 $322.23 – $1,519.42
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $3,703.70 $230.63 – $1,384.14
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,349.10 $206.69 – $2,374.04

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