Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$12.95

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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.

$12.95

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.

$2.41 with Ambetter vs $11.65 with FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc — 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 $2.41 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $3.25 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $3.37 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $3.37 ↓ -74%
Humana EPO $4.38 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $4.38 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $4.38 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $4.92 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $4.92 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $4.92 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $4.92 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $5.31 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $5.57 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $5.57 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $5.57 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $5.83 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $6.15 ↓ -53%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $6.47 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $6.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $6.82 ↓ -47%
United KSMGMCD $6.91 ↓ -47%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $7.05 ↓ -46%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $7.12 ↓ -45%
Home State Health Plan MCD $7.12 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.19 ↓ -44%
Unicare MGMCD $7.19 ↓ -44%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.19 ↓ -44%
Cigna LocalKC $7.40 ↓ -43%
United MOMGMCD $7.54 ↓ -42%
BCBS Participating $8.29 ↓ -36%
BCBS Traditional $8.29 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $8.68 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $9.24 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $9.25 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $9.71 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $9.82 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $9.92 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $10.10 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $10.33 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $10.33 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $11.01 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $11.01 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $11.01 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $11.33 ↓ -13%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.40 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $11.65 ↓ -10%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $9.98 $3.46 – $6.91
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $10.73 $9.25 – $9.25
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $8.94 $11.71 – $11.71
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $9.98 $3.46 – $15.02
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $17.51 $6.91 – $7.51
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $256.84 $6.85 – $7.19
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $77.00 $6.85 – $7.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $8.03 – $11.93

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