What does it cost?
A single IV session in Missouri typically runs $350 to $800, and a first course is usually six sessions. Spravato is different, because it is normally billed through insurance.
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What it costs in Missouri Does MO HealthNet cover it?
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Based on published pricing and coverage rules as of 2019-03-05. Sources for every figure this tool can show:
Only esketamine (Spravato) is FDA-approved to treat depression. Racemic ketamine given by IV, injection, or under the tongue has no FDA approval for any psychiatric condition and is used off-label — that is, an approved drug used for an unapproved purpose. as of 30 Apr 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 1, opens in a new tab)
Under Original Medicare Part B in 2026 you pay a $283 yearly deductible first, and after that you generally pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for covered services. as of 1 Jan 2026 · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (source 2, opens in a new tab)Deductible and premium amounts are set annually and change each January.
MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid programme, covers Spravato but applies a clinical edit requiring prior approval, and the medicine must be given at a treatment centre certified in the Spravato REMS programme. as of 21 Jul 2022 · Missouri Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division (source 4, opens in a new tab)The published criteria document dates from 2022 and a newer revision may exist that we could not retrieve. Ask your clinic to confirm the current requirements before you rely on these details.
Best available information: We could not source a Missouri-specific price for intramuscular ketamine. Secondary directories put it somewhere around $300 to $600 an injection. as of 26 Apr 2026 · HealingMaps (source 7, opens in a new tab)No Missouri clinic price sheet supports this band. It is a directory estimate, not a Missouri figure.
Best available information: Missouri clinics very rarely publish what they charge for IV ketamine. Regional figures put a single infusion somewhere around $350 to $800, but we could not find a single Missouri clinic publishing an infusion price, so treat this as a rough regional guide only. as of 26 Apr 2026 · HealingMaps (source 8, opens in a new tab)Of nine Missouri clinic websites checked, eight publish no prices at all. Every Kansas City clinic we found with a published infusion price is physically in Kansas, not Missouri. You will have to phone to get a real number — our cost checklist lists the questions that get you one.
In Missouri, sublingual ketamine troches themselves cost only a few dollars each. The supervised session around them is what costs money — one St. Louis practice publishes roughly $225 for a preparation or integration appointment and around $790 for a two-and-a-half-hour dosing session. At-home telehealth programmes serving Missouri start at roughly $165 a session. as of 18 Jul 2026 · Alternative Therapy STL (source 9, opens in a new tab)This is the only Missouri clinic we found publishing any prices at all, and it offers only sublingual treatment. The medicine and the session are billed separately — ask which a quoted price covers.
Best available information: No Missouri clinic we could find publishes a self-pay price for Spravato. National figures suggest roughly $850 to $1,600 a session covering both the medicine and the required two-hour monitoring, but we have no Missouri figure we would stand behind. as of 5 May 2026 · HealingMaps (source 10, opens in a new tab)This is a national figure from one secondary directory, not a Missouri price. Our estimator does not produce a self-pay Spravato number from it.
The FDA approved Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray on 5 March 2019, for use with an oral antidepressant, for adults with treatment-resistant depression. as of 5 Mar 2019 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 13, opens in a new tab)
Spravato is available only through a restricted safety programme called a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), and may only be given in a certified healthcare setting under a provider's direct observation. Patients never take it home. as of 30 Apr 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 16, opens in a new tab)
Best available information: Spravato's list price is not published by the manufacturer or in any free public source. At launch in 2019 the wholesale acquisition cost was around $590 for a 56 mg dose and $885 for an 84 mg dose, and the current list price is very likely higher. as of 5 Mar 2019 · Drugs.com (source 17, opens in a new tab)Wholesale acquisition cost is published only in paywalled pricing compendia. The figures here are seven years old and come from a secondary source, so we do not use them to produce a dollar estimate — the estimator suppresses Spravato cash figures rather than presenting a number this weak.
The Spravato withMe savings programme is not available to anyone using a state or federal government health programme, including Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the Department of Defense, and the Veterans Administration. as of 18 Jul 2026 · Johnson & Johnson (source 18, opens in a new tab)
Through the Spravato withMe savings programme, eligible patients with commercial insurance may pay as little as $10 per treatment for the medicine itself, subject to yearly maximum benefits and quantity limits. as of 18 Jul 2026 · Johnson & Johnson (source 19, opens in a new tab)The programme covers the medicine, not the office visit or the two-hour observation, which is often the larger share of the bill. The official terms state that a yearly maximum applies but do not publish the amount, so we do not either. Terms are set per calendar year.
A single IV session in Missouri typically runs $350 to $800, and a first course is usually six sessions. Spravato is different, because it is normally billed through insurance.
Spravato is generally covered with prior approval, including by MO HealthNet. IV ketamine is off-label and almost never covered, whoever your insurer is.
We list 48 clinicians registered in Missouri whose specialty is associated with ketamine therapy — and we are clear about what that does and does not tell you.
| Treatment | FDA status | Where and how long | Typical course | Insurance | Driving | Typical cash cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV ketamine infusion | Not FDA-approved for depression (off-label) | In a clinic, usually 40–60 minutes plus recovery | Typically six sessions over two to three weeks | Almost never covered | You will need someone to drive you home | $350–$800 |
| Spravato (esketamine) | FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression | Self-administered nasal spray in a certified clinic, with two hours of monitoring | Twice weekly for four weeks, then less often | Usually billed through insurance, with prior approval | No driving until the next day, after a night of restful sleep | Depends on your coverage |
| IM injection | Not FDA-approved for depression (off-label) | In a clinic, shorter than an infusion | Varies by clinic | Almost never covered | You will need someone to drive you home | $300–$600 |
| Sublingual or lozenge | Not FDA-approved for depression (off-label) | At home, or in a supervised session | Varies widely by programme | Almost never covered | Do not drive after a dose | $225–$790 |
Only esketamine (Spravato) is FDA-approved to treat depression. Racemic ketamine given by IV, injection, or under the tongue has no FDA approval for any psychiatric condition and is used off-label — that is, an approved drug used for an unapproved purpose. as of 30 Apr 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 1, opens in a new tab)
Best available information: Missouri clinics very rarely publish what they charge for IV ketamine. Regional figures put a single infusion somewhere around $350 to $800, but we could not find a single Missouri clinic publishing an infusion price, so treat this as a rough regional guide only. as of 26 Apr 2026 · HealingMaps (source 8, opens in a new tab)Of nine Missouri clinic websites checked, eight publish no prices at all. Every Kansas City clinic we found with a published infusion price is physically in Kansas, not Missouri. You will have to phone to get a real number — our cost checklist lists the questions that get you one.
Best available information: We could not source a Missouri-specific price for intramuscular ketamine. Secondary directories put it somewhere around $300 to $600 an injection. as of 26 Apr 2026 · HealingMaps (source 7, opens in a new tab)No Missouri clinic price sheet supports this band. It is a directory estimate, not a Missouri figure.
In Missouri, sublingual ketamine troches themselves cost only a few dollars each. The supervised session around them is what costs money — one St. Louis practice publishes roughly $225 for a preparation or integration appointment and around $790 for a two-and-a-half-hour dosing session. At-home telehealth programmes serving Missouri start at roughly $165 a session. as of 18 Jul 2026 · Alternative Therapy STL (source 9, opens in a new tab)This is the only Missouri clinic we found publishing any prices at all, and it offers only sublingual treatment. The medicine and the session are billed separately — ask which a quoted price covers.
After a Spravato dose you must not drive or operate machinery until the next day, following a restful night's sleep, so you need to arrange a ride home from every session. as of 30 Apr 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 15, opens in a new tab)
Missouri's largest population centre and the deepest concentration of academic psychiatry in the state, with most infusion and Spravato providers in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and the western suburbs.
St. Louis · Cape Girardeau
A metro split across two states. A substantial share of the ketamine providers near Kansas City are physically on the Kansas side, so Missouri residents often cross the state line — which matters for licensing, insurance networks, and for what you will find in any Missouri directory including this one.
Kansas City · St. Joseph
The regional medical hub for south-west Missouri and the Ozarks, serving a wide rural catchment where Springfield is often the nearest city with any interventional psychiatry at all.
Springfield · Joplin
Anchored by the University of Missouri academic medical centre, Columbia is the referral point for a largely rural central corridor between the two big metros.
Columbia · Jefferson City
Providers cluster heavily in St. Louis and Kansas City, with smaller groups in Springfield and Columbia. If you live in the northern counties, the Bootheel, or the Ozarks interior, expect 90 minutes to two and a half hours each way. That matters more than it sounds: an infusion course is typically six sessions over two to three weeks, and Spravato needs twice-weekly visits for the first four weeks, each with a two-hour wait and no driving afterwards — so you need a driver every time, not just a car.
Missouri borders IA, IL, KY, TN, AR, OK, KS, NE. A clinic across the border may be closer than one in your own state — but check that it is in your insurance network first, and note that a clinician must be licensed where you receive care.
Missouri physicians may prescribe and administer ketamine without restriction. An advanced practice registered nurse may be delegated authority to prescribe it under a written collaborative practice arrangement with a physician, but that arrangement cannot delegate authority to give a Schedule III to V medicine for the purpose of sedation or anaesthesia. A physician assistant with controlled-substance certification may be delegated similar prescribing authority. as of 28 Aug 2023 · Missouri Revisor of Statutes (source 1, opens in a new tab)Whether the sedation restriction reaches low-dose ketamine infusions for depression — as opposed to anaesthesia — is genuinely unsettled in Missouri. No board guidance, attorney general opinion or court decision resolves it, so we do not state an answer either way. It is a fair question to ask a clinic about who will be in the room.
MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid programme, covers Spravato but applies a clinical edit requiring prior approval, and the medicine must be given at a treatment centre certified in the Spravato REMS programme. as of 21 Jul 2022 · Missouri Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division (source 1, opens in a new tab)The published criteria document dates from 2022 and a newer revision may exist that we could not retrieve. Ask your clinic to confirm the current requirements before you rely on these details.
On 17 January 2025 the FDA approved Spravato for treatment-resistant depression in adults either on its own or together with an oral antidepressant, so a companion oral antidepressant is now optional for this use — though it is still permitted. as of 17 Jan 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 3, opens in a new tab)This applies to the treatment-resistant depression indication only. The separate indication for major depressive disorder with acute suicidal ideation still requires an oral antidepressant — see spravato.approval_mdd_si. Widely-cited secondary sources give 21 January 2025; that is the manufacturer's announcement date, not the FDA action date on the approval letter.
After a Spravato dose you must not drive or operate machinery until the next day, following a restful night's sleep, so you need to arrange a ride home from every session. as of 30 Apr 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 4, opens in a new tab)
Only esketamine (Spravato) is FDA-approved to treat depression. Racemic ketamine given by IV, injection, or under the tongue has no FDA approval for any psychiatric condition and is used off-label — that is, an approved drug used for an unapproved purpose. as of 30 Apr 2025 · U.S. Food and Drug Administration (source 1, opens in a new tab)
Missouri does not specifically require an in-person examination before prescribing a controlled substance, but a physician must first establish a proper relationship with you, including a medical history and an examination good enough to establish the diagnosis. A prescription cannot rest on a phone call alone without an existing relationship, or on an online questionnaire. as of 28 Aug 2025 · Missouri Revisor of Statutes (source 4, opens in a new tab)Federal DEA telemedicine flexibilities run separately and expire at the end of 2026.
Missouri law does not require a prescriber to check the monitoring programme before writing a prescription — the programme's own guidance says so directly. The one exception comes from federal law: a prescriber must check before prescribing a Schedule II to IV controlled substance to a MO HealthNet patient. as of 13 Dec 2023 · Missouri Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (source 3, opens in a new tab)
From 1 September 2022, MO HealthNet stopped paying the bundled codes that combined the Spravato dose with the monitoring visit for hospitals billing outpatient services. Those hospitals now bill the two-hour monitoring separately from the medicine — which is why a Missouri patient may see two charges for one appointment. as of 1 Sep 2022 · Missouri Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division (source 2, opens in a new tab)This applies to hospitals billing outpatient services, not to every Missouri provider.
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