Pulse ox single 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

$186.85

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.

$186.85

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.

$9.03 with United vs $186.85 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 $9.03 ↓ -95%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $9.21 ↓ -95%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $9.30 ↓ -95%
Home State Health Plan MCD $9.39 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.39 ↓ -95%
Unicare MGMCD $9.39 ↓ -95%
United MOMGMCD $9.93 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $34.75 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $35.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $35.50 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $46.90 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $48.58 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $48.58 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $63.16 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $63.16 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $63.16 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $71.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $71.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $71.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $71.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $76.61 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $80.35 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $80.35 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $80.35 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $80.35 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $84.08 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $88.75 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $93.42 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $93.42 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $98.47 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $106.73 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $119.58 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $119.58 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $125.19 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $133.32 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $133.41 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $140.14 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $141.63 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $143.13 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $145.74 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $149.11 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $149.11 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $158.82 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $158.82 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $158.82 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $163.49 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $168.16 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $186.85 ↑ +0%

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Pulse ox single at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $66.95 $9.03 – $28.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $59.80 $9.03 – $9.03
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.90 $3.44 – $28.00
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $114.40 $3.17 – $3.17
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $284.96 $9.03 – $9.48
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $529.40 $9.03 – $9.48
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $644.22 $9.03 – $10.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $3.25 – $3.25

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