Ablation cryo abd perit om at SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis

12303 Depaul Drive, Bridgeton, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1598835308

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

$2,145.55

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.

$3,901.00

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.

$908.45 with Aetna vs $3,829.00 with Healthlink — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $908.45 ↓ -58%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $917.53 ↓ -57%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $921.89 ↓ -57%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $922.08 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $923.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $940.25 ↓ -56%
Oscar Exchange $1,090.14 ↓ -49%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,444.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,131.00 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↑ +1%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $2,302.00 ↑ +7%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $2,363.00 ↑ +10%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $2,371.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,414.00 ↑ +13%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,783.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $3,071.00 ↑ +43%
Healthlink HMO $3,829.00 ↑ +78%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,145.55 $908.45 – $3,071.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $3,594.25 $890.28 – $3,085.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,145.55 $1,444.00 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,145.55 $908.45 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,145.55 $908.45 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $3,825.74 $903.45 – $2,277.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,096.25 $799.25 – $1,230.85
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $837.20 $799.25 – $936.61

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