Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution 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

$200.20

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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.

$200.20

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.

$28.43 with United vs $180.18 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
United AllPayerAppendix $28.43 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $37.24 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $40.04 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $50.25 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $52.05 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $52.05 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $60.06 ↓ -70%
Humana ASO $67.67 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $67.67 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $67.67 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $76.08 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $76.08 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $76.08 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $76.08 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $82.08 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $86.09 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $86.09 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $86.09 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $90.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $95.09 ↓ -53%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $100.10 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $100.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $105.51 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $114.35 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $128.13 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $128.13 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $134.13 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $142.84 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $142.94 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $150.15 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $151.75 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $153.35 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $156.16 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $159.76 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $159.76 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $170.17 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $170.17 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $170.17 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $175.18 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $180.18 ↓ -10%

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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $94.73 $6.45 – $6.45
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $81.25 $30.04 – $30.04
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $75.56 $6.45 – $38.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $20.59 – $33.72
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $20.59 – $33.72
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $18.35 – $90.63
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $20.59 – $33.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $20.59 – $33.72

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