X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral 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

$1,513.91

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.

$1,513.91

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.

$48.75 with CorVel Corporation vs $1,513.91 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
CorVel Corporation KSWC $48.75 ↓ -97%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $49.24 ↓ -97%
United KSMGMCD $59.96 ↓ -96%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $61.16 ↓ -96%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $61.76 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $62.36 ↓ -96%
Unicare MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -96%
Home State Health Plan MCD $62.36 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.36 ↓ -96%
United MOMGMCD $65.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $96.60 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $281.59 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $287.64 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $287.64 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $379.99 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $393.62 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $511.70 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $511.70 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $511.70 ↓ -66%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $575.29 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $575.29 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $575.29 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $575.29 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $620.70 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $650.98 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $650.98 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $650.98 ↓ -57%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $650.98 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $681.26 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $719.11 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $756.96 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $756.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $797.83 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $864.75 ↓ -43%
BCBS Participating $968.90 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $968.90 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $1,014.32 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1,080.17 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $1,080.93 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1,135.43 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $1,147.54 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $1,159.66 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,180.85 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1,208.10 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $1,208.10 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1,286.82 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1,286.82 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1,286.82 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1,324.67 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1,362.52 ↓ -10%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $1,513.91 ↑ +0%

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $471.90 $30.85 – $125.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $471.90 $30.85 – $125.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $398.20 $35.42 – $138.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $471.90 $30.85 – $217.94
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $471.90 $30.85 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $471.90 $30.85 – $125.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $450.78 $63.33 – $188.49
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $417.95 $32.00 – $139.62

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