Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$25.68

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.

$25.68

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.

$1.32 with United vs $23.11 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 $1.32 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $4.78 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $5.14 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $6.45 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $6.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $6.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.70 ↓ -70%
Humana ASO $8.68 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $8.68 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $8.68 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $9.76 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $9.76 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $9.76 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $9.76 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $10.53 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $11.04 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $11.04 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $11.04 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $11.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $12.20 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $12.84 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $12.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $13.53 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $14.67 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $16.44 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $16.44 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $17.21 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $18.32 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $18.34 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $19.26 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $19.47 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $19.67 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $20.03 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $20.49 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $20.49 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $21.83 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $21.83 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $21.83 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $22.47 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $23.11 ↓ -10%

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $47.61 $7.10 – $7.10
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $51.19 $10.70 – $10.70
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $60.21 $9.60 – $9.60
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $64.19 $11.20 – $11.20
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $69.52 $3.55 – $8.63
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $179.90 $0.71 – $1.32
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $83.19 $0.71 – $0.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.77 – $1.35

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