Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered 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

$3.03

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.

$3.03

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.

$0.56 with Ambetter vs $11.17 with United — 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
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $0.56 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $0.76 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.79 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $0.79 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $1.02 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $1.02 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $1.02 ↓ -66%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $1.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $1.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $1.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $1.15 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1.24 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $1.30 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $1.30 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $1.30 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.36 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $1.44 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1.51 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $1.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $1.60 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $1.73 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $1.94 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $1.94 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $2.03 ↓ -33%
Cigna Comm $2.16 ↓ -29%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $2.16 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $2.27 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $2.30 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $2.32 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2.36 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $2.42 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $2.42 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $2.58 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $2.58 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2.58 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $2.65 ↓ -13%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2.73 ↓ -10%
United KSMGMCD $6.64 ↑ +119%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $6.77 ↑ +123%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $6.84 ↑ +126%
Home State Health Plan MCD $6.91 ↑ +128%
Unicare MGMCD $6.91 ↑ +128%
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.91 ↑ +128%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.91 ↑ +128%
United MOMGMCD $7.30 ↑ +141%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.17 ↑ +269%

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $13.00 $9.07 – $9.07
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $13.00 $13.82 – $13.82
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $19.41 $4.06 – $17.86
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $9.47 – $13.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $9.47 – $13.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $16.23 – $17.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $9.47 – $13.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $9.47 – $13.00

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