Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

$5,683.20

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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.

$5,683.20

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.

$1,057.08 with Ambetter vs $5,683.20 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
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1,057.08 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $1,079.81 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $1,079.81 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $1,136.64 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,426.48 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1,477.63 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $1,477.63 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,530.72 ↓ -73%
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,704.96 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $1,920.92 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $1,920.92 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1,920.92 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $2,159.62 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $2,159.62 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $2,159.62 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $2,159.62 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2,330.11 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $2,443.78 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $2,443.78 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $2,443.78 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $2,443.78 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,557.44 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $2,699.52 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $2,841.60 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2,841.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $2,995.05 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $3,246.24 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $3,637.25 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $3,637.25 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $3,807.74 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $4,054.96 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $4,057.80 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $4,262.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $4,307.87 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $4,353.33 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $4,432.90 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $4,535.19 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $4,535.19 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4,830.72 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $4,830.72 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4,830.72 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4,972.80 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $5,114.88 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $5,683.20 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,900.15 $802.34 – $3,685.04
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $525.80 $1,323.86 – $1,748.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $471.30 $850.48 – $850.48
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $5,005.65 $347.61 – $2,502.40

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