Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance 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

$934.23

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.

$934.23

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.

$129.51 with United vs $934.23 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 $129.51 ↓ -86%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $132.10 ↓ -86%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $133.40 ↓ -86%
Home State Health Plan MCD $134.69 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $134.69 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MCD $134.69 ↓ -86%
Unicare MGMCD $134.69 ↓ -86%
United MOMGMCD $142.46 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $173.77 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $177.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $177.50 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $234.49 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $242.90 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $242.90 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $315.77 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $315.77 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $315.77 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $355.01 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $355.01 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $355.01 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $355.01 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $383.03 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $401.72 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $401.72 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $401.72 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $401.72 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $420.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $443.76 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $467.12 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $467.12 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $492.34 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $533.63 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $597.91 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $597.91 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $625.93 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $666.57 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $667.04 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $700.67 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $708.15 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $715.62 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $728.70 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $745.52 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $745.52 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $794.10 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $794.10 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $794.10 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $817.45 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $840.81 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $934.23 ↑ +0%

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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $481.80 $40.88 – $448.51
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $481.80 $40.88 – $448.51
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $315.70 $46.94 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $481.80 $40.88 – $40.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $481.80 $40.88 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $481.80 $40.88 – $448.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $898.17 $77.72 – $672.77
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $332.80 $44.22 – $408.81

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