Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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.

$0.11 with HealthyBlue vs $9.07 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
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.11
United KSMGMCD $0.11
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.11
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.11
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.11
Unicare MGMCD $0.11
United MOMGMCD $0.12
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $1.87
United OptionsPPO $2.53
Universal Healthcare MCR $2.62
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $2.62
Humana ASO $3.41
Humana HMO $3.41
Humana EPO $3.41
BCBS BlueAccess $3.83
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $3.83
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $3.83
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $3.83
BCBS FreedomNetwork $4.13
Humana PPO $4.33
Humana POS $4.33
BCBS PC $4.33
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.54
Aetna IVLHIX $4.79
Oscar HIX $5.04
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $5.04
Aetna KCCarePlus $5.31
Cigna LocalKC $5.76
BCBS Traditional $6.45
BCBS Participating $6.45
Aetna Local $6.75
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $7.19
Cigna Comm $7.20
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $7.56
Aetna NAP $7.64
Aetna National $7.72
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $7.86
Coventry WCOMP $8.04
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $8.04
CorVel Corporation MOWC $8.57
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $8.57
CCO, Inc. COMM $8.57
Aetna FHMedicalRental $8.82
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $9.07

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Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $59.60 $4.80 – $4.80
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $64.09 $6.40 – $6.40
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $48.00 $4.80 – $7.20
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $64.09 $8.00 – $16.80
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $41.66 $8.16 – $16.80
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $59.60 $4.80 – $9.99
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $17.81 $0.11 – $0.12
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.14 – $0.20

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