Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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.

$0.75 with Ambetter vs $3.63 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — 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
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $0.75
United OptionsPPO $1.01
Universal Healthcare MCR $1.05
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1.05
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.29
United KSMGMCD $1.29
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1.32
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $1.33
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.34
Aetna Better Health MCD $1.34
Unicare MGMCD $1.34
Humana EPO $1.36
United MOMGMCD $1.36
Humana HMO $1.36
Humana ASO $1.36
BCBS BlueAccess $1.53
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.53
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1.53
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.53
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1.65
Humana PPO $1.73
Humana POS $1.73
BCBS PC $1.73
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.81
Aetna IVLHIX $1.91
Oscar HIX $2.02
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2.02
Aetna KCCarePlus $2.12
United AllPayerAppendix $2.13
Cigna LocalKC $2.30
BCBS Traditional $2.58
BCBS Participating $2.58
Aetna Local $2.70
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2.88
Cigna Comm $2.88
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3.02
Aetna NAP $3.05
Aetna National $3.09
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3.14
Coventry WCOMP $3.22
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3.22
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3.43
CCO, Inc. COMM $3.43
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3.43
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3.53
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3.63

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $68.25 $1.29 – $1.29
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $40.30 $1.73 – $1.73
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $23.40 $1.25 – $2.01
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $130.00 $2.35 – $2.35
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.25 $1.25 – $2.91
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $89.90 $1.24 – $1.34
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $134.00 $1.24 – $1.80
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $87.71 $1.24 – $1.50

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