Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$511.37

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.

$511.37

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.

$87.00 with United vs $511.37 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 $87.00 ↓ -83%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $88.74 ↓ -83%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $89.61 ↓ -82%
Home State Health Plan MCD $90.48 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MGMCD $90.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health MCD $90.48 ↓ -82%
Unicare MGMCD $90.48 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $95.11 ↓ -81%
United MOMGMCD $95.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $97.16 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $97.16 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $128.35 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $132.96 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $132.96 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $172.84 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $172.84 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $172.84 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $194.32 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $194.32 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $194.32 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $194.32 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $209.66 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $219.89 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $219.89 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $219.89 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $219.89 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $230.12 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $242.90 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $255.69 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $255.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $269.49 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $292.09 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $327.28 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $327.28 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $342.62 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $364.86 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $365.12 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $383.53 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $387.62 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $391.71 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $398.87 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $408.07 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $408.07 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $434.66 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $434.66 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $434.66 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $447.45 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $460.23 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $511.37 ↑ +0%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $553.30 not published
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $553.30 not published
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $862.40 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $553.30 not published
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $553.30 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $553.30 not published
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $536.25 $473.66 – $521.03
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $482.95 $87.00 – $521.03

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