Msh6 gene full seq at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia

400 North Pleasant Avenue, Centralia, IL · SSM Health · · NPI 1083617245

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,160.50

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.

$2,110.00

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.

$641.85 with Molina vs $673.94 with Essence Healthcare — 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
Molina Dual Eligible Medicare/Medicaid $641.85 ↓ -45%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $667.52 ↓ -42%
Essence Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $673.94 ↓ -42%

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Msh6 gene full seq at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $1,284.00 $3.50 – $1,026.96
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $1,160.50 $641.85 – $673.94
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $843.81 $474.40 – $2,669.76
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $530.03 – $530.03
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $641.85 – $1,435.45
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $237.25 – $1,039.80
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $641.85 – $2,916.72
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $641.85 – $2,916.72

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