Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system 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

$17,741.90

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.

$32,258.00

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.

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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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $12,702.00 $1,196.92 – $16,363.90
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $780.60 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale $5,750.00 $4,150.00 – $18,144.90
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn $7,065.00 $5,567.22 – $47,462.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville $12,270.00 $9,668.76 – $24,503.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove $13,520.00 $10,653.76 – $47,462.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $19,900.68 $307.63 – $10,970.25
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange $5,750.00 $4,150.00 – $18,144.90

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