Tobramycin in ns IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$1.46

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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.

$1.46

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.

$0.27 with Ambetter vs $3.42 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 $0.27 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $0.37 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.38 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare MCR $0.38 ↓ -74%
Humana ASO $0.49 ↓ -66%
Humana EPO $0.49 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $0.49 ↓ -66%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $0.55 ↓ -62%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $0.55 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueAccess $0.55 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.55 ↓ -62%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $0.60 ↓ -59%
Humana POS $0.63 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $0.63 ↓ -57%
BCBS PC $0.63 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.66 ↓ -55%
Aetna IVLHIX $0.69 ↓ -53%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $0.73 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $0.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna KCCarePlus $0.77 ↓ -47%
Cigna LocalKC $0.83 ↓ -43%
BCBS Traditional $0.93 ↓ -36%
BCBS Participating $0.93 ↓ -36%
Aetna Local $0.98 ↓ -33%
Cigna Comm $1.04 ↓ -29%
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $1.04 ↓ -29%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $1.09 ↓ -25%
Aetna NAP $1.11 ↓ -24%
Aetna National $1.12 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1.14 ↓ -22%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1.17 ↓ -20%
Coventry WCOMP $1.17 ↓ -20%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $1.24 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. COMM $1.24 ↓ -15%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $1.24 ↓ -15%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1.28 ↓ -12%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $1.31 ↓ -10%
Home State Health Plan MCD $1.66 ↑ +14%
United MOMGMCD $1.76 ↑ +21%
United KSMGMCD $2.07 ↑ +42%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $2.11 ↑ +45%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $2.13 ↑ +46%
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.15 ↑ +47%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.15 ↑ +47%
Unicare MGMCD $2.15 ↑ +47%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.42 ↑ +134%

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Tobramycin in ns IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $338.00 $1.97 – $3.59
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $250.25 $4.18 – $4.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $252.38 $1.97 – $4.31
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $128.50 $1.60 – $2.32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2.87 – $4.66
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2.87 – $4.66
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $4.40 – $5.29
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2.87 – $4.66

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