Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution 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

$25.00

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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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$1.99 with United vs $22.50 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $1.99 ↓ -92%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.03 ↓ -92%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.07 ↓ -92%
Unicare MGMCD $2.07 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.07 ↓ -92%
Home State Health Plan MCD $2.57 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $2.72 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $4.65 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $6.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.50 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $6.50 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $8.45 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $8.45 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $8.45 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $9.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $9.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.50 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $10.25 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $10.75 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $10.75 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $10.75 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $11.88 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $12.50 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $12.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.18 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $14.28 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $16.00 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $16.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $16.75 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $17.84 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $17.85 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $18.75 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $18.95 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $19.15 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $19.50 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $19.95 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $19.95 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $21.25 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $21.25 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $21.25 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $21.88 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $22.50 ↓ -10%

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $68.25 $1.99 – $1.99
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $40.30 $2.66 – $2.66
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $23.40 $1.99 – $3.33
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $130.00 $3.88 – $3.88
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.25 $1.99 – $5.01
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $90.50 $1.99 – $2.59
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $91.00 $2.03 – $3.58
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $130.00 $1.99 – $2.59

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