Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination 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.

$27.00 with United vs $1,093.87 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 $27.00
HealthyBlue MGMCD $27.54
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $27.81
Aetna Better Health MCD $28.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.08
Unicare MGMCD $28.08
Home State Health Plan MCD $28.08
United MOMGMCD $29.70
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $46.29
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
CorVel Corporation KSWC $52.15
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $52.68
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $203.46
NHC Advantage MGMCR $207.84
NHC Advantage MGMCD $207.84
United OptionsPPO $274.56
Universal Healthcare MCR $284.41
Humana ASO $369.73
Humana EPO $369.73
Humana HMO $369.73
BCBS BlueAccess $415.67
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $415.67
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $415.67
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $415.67
BCBS FreedomNetwork $448.49
Humana PPO $470.36
Humana POS $470.36
BCBS PC $470.36
College Park Family Care Center COMM $470.36
United GlobalBenefitPlan $492.24
Aetna IVLHIX $519.59
Oscar HIX $546.93
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $546.93
Aetna KCCarePlus $576.47
Cigna LocalKC $624.82
BCBS Participating $700.08
BCBS Traditional $700.08
Aetna Local $732.89
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $780.48
Cigna Comm $781.02
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $820.40
Aetna NAP $829.15
Aetna National $837.90
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $853.22
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $872.91
Coventry WCOMP $872.91
CorVel Corporation MOWC $929.79
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $929.79
CCO, Inc. COMM $929.79
Aetna FHMedicalRental $957.14
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $984.48
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,093.87

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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $154.00 $34.08 – $94.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $154.00 $34.08 – $94.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $289.30 $39.13 – $62.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $154.00 $34.08 – $94.66
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $154.00 $34.08 – $94.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $154.00 $34.08 – $94.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $86.35 $44.78 – $93.95
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $97.50 $26.15 – $334.88

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