Tc-99m mebrofenin 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

$586.73

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.

$586.73

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.

$109.13 with Ambetter vs $586.73 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 $109.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $111.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $111.48 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $117.35 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $147.27 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $152.55 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $152.55 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $176.02 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $187.21 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $198.31 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $198.31 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $198.31 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $222.96 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $222.96 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $222.96 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $222.96 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $240.56 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $252.29 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $252.29 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $252.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $252.29 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $264.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $278.70 ↓ -52%
Oscar HIX $293.37 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $293.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $309.21 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $335.14 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $375.51 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $375.51 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $393.11 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $418.63 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $418.93 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $440.05 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $444.74 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $449.44 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $457.65 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $468.21 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $468.21 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $498.72 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $498.72 ↓ -15%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $498.72 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $513.39 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $528.06 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $586.73 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $330.33 $121.48 – $121.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $51.15 $56.42 – $56.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $80.46 not published
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $190.45 $38.20 – $38.20

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