Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection 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

$159.39

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.

$159.39

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.

$3.41 with United vs $143.45 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 $3.41 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $3.48 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $3.51 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.55 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $3.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.55 ↓ -98%
Home State Health Plan MCD $4.67 ↓ -97%
United MOMGMCD $4.94 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.63 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $29.65 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $40.01 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $41.44 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $41.44 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $53.87 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $53.87 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $53.87 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $60.57 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $60.57 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $60.57 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $60.57 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $65.35 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $68.54 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $68.54 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $68.54 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $71.73 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $75.71 ↓ -53%
Oscar HIX $79.69 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $79.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $84.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $91.04 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $102.01 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $102.01 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $106.79 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $113.72 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $113.80 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $119.54 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $120.82 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $122.09 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $124.32 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $127.19 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $127.19 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $135.48 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $135.48 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $135.48 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $139.47 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $143.45 ↓ -10%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $29.85 $3.41 – $22.51
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $30.87 $4.57 – $4.57
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CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $159.39 $3.41 – $4.71

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