Pet image ltd area 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.

$901.83 with CorVel Corporation vs $22,576.24 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
CorVel Corporation KSWC $901.83
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $911.03
United KSMGMCD $983.87
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,003.55
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1,013.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,023.22
Unicare MGMCD $1,023.22
Home State Health Plan MCD $1,023.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,023.22
United MOMGMCD $1,082.26
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,159.50
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $4,199.18
NHC Advantage MGMCD $4,289.49
NHC Advantage MGMCR $4,289.49
United OptionsPPO $5,666.64
Universal Healthcare MCR $5,869.82
Humana ASO $7,630.77
Humana HMO $7,630.77
Humana EPO $7,630.77
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $8,578.97
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $8,578.97
BCBS BlueAccess $8,578.97
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $8,578.97
BCBS FreedomNetwork $9,256.26
Humana PPO $9,707.78
BCBS PC $9,707.78
Humana POS $9,707.78
College Park Family Care Center COMM $9,707.78
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10,159.31
Aetna IVLHIX $10,723.71
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $11,288.12
Oscar HIX $11,288.12
Aetna KCCarePlus $11,897.68
Cigna LocalKC $12,895.55
BCBS Participating $14,448.79
BCBS Traditional $14,448.79
Aetna Local $15,126.08
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $16,108.15
Cigna Comm $16,119.44
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $16,932.18
Aetna NAP $17,112.79
Aetna National $17,293.40
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $17,609.47
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $18,015.84
Coventry WCOMP $18,015.84
CorVel Corporation MOWC $19,189.80
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $19,189.80
CCO, Inc. COMM $19,189.80
Aetna FHMedicalRental $19,754.21
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $20,318.62
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $22,576.24

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Pet image ltd area at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $6,535.75 $983.87 – $4,599.47
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,282.26 – $1,556.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,282.26 – $1,556.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,270.80 – $5,179.08
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,282.26 – $2,611.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1,282.26 – $1,556.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1,282.26 – $1,556.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $1,289.61 – $2,334.13

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