St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$739.72

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.

$739.72

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.

$70.82 with United vs $739.72 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 $70.82 ↓ -90%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $72.24 ↓ -90%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $72.94 ↓ -90%
Home State Health Plan MCD $73.65 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $73.65 ↓ -90%
Unicare MGMCD $73.65 ↓ -90%
United MOMGMCD $77.90 ↓ -89%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $137.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $140.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $140.55 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $185.67 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $192.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $192.33 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $250.03 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $250.03 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $250.03 ↓ -66%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $281.09 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $281.09 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $281.09 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $281.09 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $303.29 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $318.08 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $318.08 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $318.08 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $318.08 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $332.87 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $351.37 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $369.86 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $369.86 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $389.83 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $422.53 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $473.42 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $473.42 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $495.61 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $527.79 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $528.16 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $554.79 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $560.71 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $566.63 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $576.98 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $590.30 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $590.30 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $628.76 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $628.76 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $628.76 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $647.25 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $665.75 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $739.72 ↑ +0%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $335.50 $80.14 – $98.14
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $289.30 $89.09 – $89.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $289.30 $81.78 – $98.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $348.15 $81.33 – $147.20
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $363.35 $70.82 – $112.20

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