Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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.

$3.02 with United vs $22.59 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 KSMGMCD $3.02
Home State Health Plan MCD $3.04
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.08
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.11
Unicare MGMCD $3.14
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.14
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.14
United MOMGMCD $3.21
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $4.67
United AllPayerAppendix $4.98
United OptionsPPO $6.30
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.53
Universal Healthcare MCR $6.53
Humana ASO $8.48
Humana HMO $8.48
Humana EPO $8.48
BCBS BlueAccess $9.54
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.54
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $9.54
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.54
BCBS FreedomNetwork $10.29
Humana PPO $10.79
Humana POS $10.79
BCBS PC $10.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11.29
Aetna IVLHIX $11.92
Oscar HIX $12.55
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $12.55
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.23
Cigna LocalKC $14.34
BCBS Traditional $16.06
BCBS Participating $16.06
Aetna Local $16.82
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $17.91
Cigna Comm $17.92
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $18.82
Aetna NAP $19.03
Aetna National $19.23
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $19.58
Coventry WCOMP $20.03
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $20.03
CorVel Corporation MOWC $21.34
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $21.34
CCO, Inc. COMM $21.34
Aetna FHMedicalRental $21.96
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $22.59

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $7,571.65 $3.11 – $114.75
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $9,433.12 $40.40 – $40.40
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $8,804.25 $3.11 – $109.50
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $7,546.50 $2.03 – $262.50
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $7,546.50 $3.01 – $1,050.00
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $7,571.65 $2.96 – $164.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.92 – $5.12
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.92 – $5.12

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