Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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.

$0.09 with Home State Health Plan vs $4.50 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
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.09
United MOMGMCD $0.10
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.11
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.11
Unicare MGMCD $0.11
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.11
United KSMGMCD $0.11
United AllPayerAppendix $0.18
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $0.93
United OptionsPPO $1.25
Universal Healthcare MCR $1.30
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $1.30
Humana ASO $1.69
Humana HMO $1.69
Humana EPO $1.69
BCBS BlueAccess $1.90
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.90
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1.90
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.90
BCBS FreedomNetwork $2.05
Humana PPO $2.15
Humana POS $2.15
BCBS PC $2.15
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2.25
Aetna IVLHIX $2.38
Oscar HIX $2.50
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $2.50
Aetna KCCarePlus $2.63
Cigna LocalKC $2.86
BCBS Traditional $3.20
BCBS Participating $3.20
Aetna Local $3.35
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $3.57
Cigna Comm $3.57
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $3.75
Aetna NAP $3.79
Aetna National $3.83
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3.90
Coventry WCOMP $3.99
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3.99
CorVel Corporation MOWC $4.25
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $4.25
CCO, Inc. COMM $4.25
Aetna FHMedicalRental $4.38
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $4.50

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Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $7.15 $0.22 – $14.80
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $50.34 $0.30 – $0.30
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $12.67 $0.22 – $0.36
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $7.15 $0.40 – $0.40
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $174.10 $0.22 – $0.45
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.14 – $0.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.14 – $0.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $0.17 – $0.26

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