Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

$89.33

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.

$89.33

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.

$16.62 with Ambetter vs $82.93 with United — 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 $16.62 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $22.42 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $23.23 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $23.23 ↓ -74%
Humana EPO $30.19 ↓ -66%
Humana ASO $30.19 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $30.19 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $33.95 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $33.95 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $33.95 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $33.95 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $36.63 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $38.41 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $38.41 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $38.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $40.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $42.43 ↓ -53%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $44.66 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $44.66 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $47.08 ↓ -47%
United KSMGMCD $48.65 ↓ -46%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $49.62 ↓ -44%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $50.11 ↓ -44%
Home State Health Plan MCD $50.60 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.60 ↓ -43%
Aetna Better Health MCD $50.60 ↓ -43%
Unicare MGMCD $50.60 ↓ -43%
Cigna LocalKC $51.03 ↓ -43%
United MOMGMCD $53.52 ↓ -40%
BCBS Traditional $57.17 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $57.17 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $59.85 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $63.74 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $63.78 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $67.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $67.71 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $68.43 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $69.68 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $71.29 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $71.29 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $75.93 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $75.93 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $75.93 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $78.16 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $80.40 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $82.93 ↓ -7%

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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $147.05 $5.75 – $95.50
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $138.25 $49.62 – $70.54
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $120.75 $48.65 – $51.08
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $37.00 $48.65 – $58.87
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $49.62 – $49.62
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $49.62 – $49.62
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $33.57 – $44.23
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $49.62 – $49.62

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