Ventilator initial day 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.

$108.51 with United vs $2,195.95 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 $108.51
HealthyBlue MGMCD $110.68
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $111.77
Home State Health Plan MCD $112.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $112.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $112.85
Unicare MGMCD $112.85
United MOMGMCD $119.36
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $408.45
NHC Advantage MGMCR $417.23
NHC Advantage MGMCD $417.23
United OptionsPPO $551.18
Universal Healthcare MCR $570.95
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $570.95
Humana ASO $742.23
Humana EPO $742.23
Humana HMO $742.23
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $834.46
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $834.46
BCBS BlueAccess $834.46
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $834.46
BCBS FreedomNetwork $900.34
College Park Family Care Center COMM $944.26
Humana POS $944.26
BCBS PC $944.26
Humana PPO $944.26
United GlobalBenefitPlan $988.18
Aetna IVLHIX $1,043.08
Oscar HIX $1,097.97
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1,097.97
Aetna KCCarePlus $1,157.27
Cigna LocalKC $1,254.33
BCBS Participating $1,405.41
BCBS Traditional $1,405.41
Aetna Local $1,471.29
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,566.81
Cigna Comm $1,567.91
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,646.96
Aetna NAP $1,664.53
Aetna National $1,682.10
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,712.84
Coventry WCOMP $1,752.37
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,752.37
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,866.56
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,866.56
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,866.56
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,921.46
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,976.35
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $2,195.95

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Ventilator initial day at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $898.15 $98.03 – $742.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $898.15 $98.03 – $742.54
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,860.10 $112.56 – $742.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $898.15 $98.03 – $98.03
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $898.15 $98.03 – $742.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $898.15 $98.03 – $742.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $851.68 $168.79 – $1,113.82
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,234.35 $108.51 – $867.90

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