Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg 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

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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.

$0.26 with Home State Health Plan vs $3.40 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 $0.26
United KSMGMCD $0.26
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.27
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.27
Unicare MGMCD $0.27
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.27
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.27
United MOMGMCD $0.28
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $0.70
United OptionsPPO $0.95
Universal Healthcare MCR $0.98
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.98
Humana ASO $1.28
Humana HMO $1.28
Humana EPO $1.28
BCBS BlueAccess $1.44
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.44
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1.44
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.44
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1.55
Humana PPO $1.63
Humana POS $1.63
BCBS PC $1.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.70
Aetna IVLHIX $1.80
Oscar HIX $1.89
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1.89
Aetna KCCarePlus $1.99
Cigna LocalKC $2.16
BCBS Traditional $2.42
BCBS Participating $2.42
Aetna Local $2.53
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2.70
Cigna Comm $2.70
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2.83
Aetna NAP $2.87
Aetna National $2.90
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2.95
Coventry WCOMP $3.02
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $3.02
CorVel Corporation MOWC $3.21
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $3.21
CCO, Inc. COMM $3.21
Aetna FHMedicalRental $3.31
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $3.40

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $103.43 $2.08 – $2.08
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $223.99 $2.80 – $2.80
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $144.58 $2.08 – $3.04
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $105.62 $3.52 – $7.28
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $88.50 $3.54 – $7.28
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $103.43 $2.08 – $4.32
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $11.48 $0.21 – $0.27
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.30 – $0.45

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