Ot evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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.

$55.76 with United vs $1,090.47 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 $55.76
HealthyBlue MGMCD $56.88
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $57.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $57.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $57.99
Unicare MGMCD $57.99
Home State Health Plan MCD $57.99
United MOMGMCD $61.34
CorVel Corporation KSWC $119.48
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $120.70
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $202.83
NHC Advantage MGMCR $207.19
NHC Advantage MGMCD $207.19
United OptionsPPO $273.71
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $283.52
Universal Healthcare MCR $283.52
Humana EPO $368.58
Humana ASO $368.58
Humana HMO $368.58
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $414.38
BCBS BlueAccess $414.38
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $414.38
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $414.38
BCBS FreedomNetwork $447.09
BCBS PC $468.90
College Park Family Care Center COMM $468.90
Humana POS $468.90
Humana PPO $468.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $490.71
Aetna IVLHIX $517.97
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $545.24
Oscar HIX $545.24
Aetna KCCarePlus $574.68
Cigna LocalKC $622.88
BCBS Participating $697.90
BCBS Traditional $697.90
Aetna Local $730.61
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $778.05
Cigna Comm $778.60
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $817.85
Aetna NAP $826.58
Aetna National $835.30
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $850.57
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $870.20
Coventry WCOMP $870.20
CorVel Corporation MOWC $926.90
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $926.90
CCO, Inc. COMM $926.90
Aetna FHMedicalRental $954.16
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $981.42
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,090.47

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Ot evaluation moderate complexity patient/family at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $223.85 $81.51 – $117.84
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $223.85 $81.51 – $117.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $214.50 $93.59 – $117.84
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $223.85 $81.51 – $81.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $223.85 $81.51 – $117.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $223.85 $81.51 – $117.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $189.71 $97.66 – $176.76
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $489.45 $55.76 – $136.12

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