Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb 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.

$0.15 with Sunflower State Health Plan vs $6.48 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
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.15
United KSMGMCD $0.15
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.15
Unicare MGMCD $0.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.16
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.16
United AllPayerAppendix $0.17
United MOMGMCD $0.17
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1.34
United OptionsPPO $1.81
Universal Healthcare MCR $1.87
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1.87
Humana ASO $2.43
Humana HMO $2.43
Humana EPO $2.43
BCBS BlueAccess $2.74
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2.74
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2.74
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2.74
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2.95
Humana PPO $3.10
Humana POS $3.10
BCBS PC $3.10
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3.24
Aetna IVLHIX $3.42
Oscar HIX $3.60
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $3.60
Aetna KCCarePlus $3.79
Cigna LocalKC $4.11
BCBS Traditional $4.61
BCBS Participating $4.61
Aetna Local $4.82
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $5.14
Cigna Comm $5.14
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $5.40
Aetna NAP $5.46
Aetna National $5.52
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $5.62
Coventry WCOMP $5.75
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $5.75
CorVel Corporation MOWC $6.12
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $6.12
CCO, Inc. COMM $6.12
Aetna FHMedicalRental $6.30
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $6.48

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Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $33.80 $15.00 – $15.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $27.30 $13.00 – $13.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $23.40 $8.00 – $25.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $130.00 $29.00 – $29.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $68.25 $8.00 – $25.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.15 – $0.15
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.15 – $0.15
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.37 – $0.37

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