Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous 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

$795.45

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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.

$795.45

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.

$16.19 with United vs $715.90 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 $16.19 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $147.95 ↓ -81%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $159.09 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $199.66 ↓ -75%
Universal Healthcare MCR $206.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $206.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna Better Health MCD $238.63 ↓ -70%
Humana ASO $268.86 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $268.86 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $268.86 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAccess $302.27 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $302.27 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $302.27 ↓ -62%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $302.27 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $326.13 ↓ -59%
BCBS PC $342.04 ↓ -57%
Humana POS $342.04 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $342.04 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $357.95 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $377.84 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $397.73 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $397.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $419.20 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $454.36 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $509.09 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $509.09 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $532.95 ↓ -33%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $567.55 ↓ -29%
Cigna Comm $567.95 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $596.59 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $602.95 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $609.31 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $620.45 ↓ -22%
Coventry WCOMP $634.77 ↓ -20%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $634.77 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $676.13 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $676.13 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $676.13 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $696.02 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $715.90 ↓ -10%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $708.45 $10.11 – $10.11
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $990.30 $10.11 – $29.50
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $761.77 $6.79 – $137.55
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $495.15 $10.09 – $1,375.50
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $708.45 $9.62 – $29.50
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $9.53 – $13.05
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $9.53 – $13.05
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $8.90 – $13.05

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