Thyroid Ultrasound at LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER
1500 State St, Lexington, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1679520258
$1,256.55
Cash price 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.
$1,256.55
Gross charge 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.
$59.96 with United vs $1,256.55 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | KSMGMCD | $59.96 | ↓ -95% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $61.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $61.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $62.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $62.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $62.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $62.36 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $65.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $96.60 | ↓ -92% |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $142.84 | ↓ -89% |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $144.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $233.72 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $238.74 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $238.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $315.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $326.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | ASO | $424.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | EPO | $424.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | HMO | $424.71 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $477.49 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $477.49 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $477.49 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $477.49 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $515.19 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | PPO | $540.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | POS | $540.32 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | PC | $540.32 | ↓ -57% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $540.32 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $565.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $596.86 | ↓ -53% |
| Oscar | HIX | $628.27 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $628.27 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $662.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $717.74 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS | Participating | $804.19 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $804.19 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Local | $841.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $896.55 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Comm | $897.18 | ↓ -29% |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $942.41 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | NAP | $952.46 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | National | $962.52 | ↓ -23% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $980.11 | ↓ -22% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,002.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,002.73 | ↓ -20% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,068.07 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,068.07 | ↓ -15% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,068.07 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,099.48 | ↓ -13% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,130.89 | ↓ -10% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $1,256.55 | ↑ +0% |
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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $526.35 | $89.26 – $273.27 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $526.35 | $89.26 – $273.27 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $517.00 | $102.49 – $219.32 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $526.35 | $89.26 – $273.27 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $526.35 | $89.26 – $273.27 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $526.35 | $89.26 – $273.27 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $567.46 | $104.14 – $188.49 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $564.85 | $54.00 – $139.62 |