Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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.

$218.05 with United vs $5,296.80 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 $218.05
HealthyBlue MGMCD $222.41
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $224.59
Aetna Better Health MCD $226.77
Amerigroup MGMCD $226.77
Unicare MGMCD $226.77
Home State Health Plan MCD $226.77
United MOMGMCD $239.86
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $334.48
CorVel Corporation KSWC $495.98
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $501.04
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $985.20
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,006.39
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,006.39
United OptionsPPO $1,329.50
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,377.17
Humana ASO $1,790.32
Humana EPO $1,790.32
Humana HMO $1,790.32
BCBS BlueAccess $2,012.78
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,012.78
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,012.78
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,012.78
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,171.69
Humana PPO $2,277.62
Humana POS $2,277.62
BCBS PC $2,277.62
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,277.62
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,383.56
Aetna IVLHIX $2,515.98
Oscar HIX $2,648.40
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,648.40
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,791.41
Cigna LocalKC $3,025.53
BCBS Participating $3,389.95
BCBS Traditional $3,389.95
Aetna Local $3,548.86
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3,779.27
Cigna Comm $3,781.92
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3,972.60
Aetna NAP $4,014.97
Aetna National $4,057.35
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,131.50
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,226.85
Coventry WCOMP $4,226.85
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,502.28
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,502.28
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,502.28
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,634.70
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4,767.12
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $5,296.80

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $812.90 $260.97 – $948.97
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $812.90 $260.97 – $948.97
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,035.10 $299.66 – $761.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $812.90 $260.97 – $948.97
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $812.90 $260.97 – $948.97
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $812.90 $260.97 – $948.97
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $999.90 $398.21 – $720.75
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,310.40 $23.00 – $527.53

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