Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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

$1,286.45

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.

$2,339.00

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.

$432.68 with BCBS vs $2,677.18 with UnitedHealthCare — 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
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $432.68 ↓ -66%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $444.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $446.73 ↓ -65%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $481.82 ↓ -63%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $650.47 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,296.74 ↑ +1%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,309.71 ↑ +2%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,315.93 ↑ +2%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,316.19 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,318.78 ↑ +3%
Healthlink HMO $1,324.14 ↑ +3%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,324.14 ↑ +3%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,342.12 ↑ +4%
Oscar Exchange $1,556.09 ↑ +21%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,611.88 ↑ +103%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $2,677.18 ↑ +108%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $2,677.18 ↑ +108%

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Adrenal cortex & medulla img at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,286.45 $432.68 – $1,556.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,286.45 $432.68 – $2,611.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,286.45 $432.68 – $1,556.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,286.45 $432.68 – $1,556.09
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,639.65 $677.44 – $5,078.94
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,867.15 $37.00 – $4,599.47
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $1,286.45 $432.68 – $1,556.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $496.82 – $1,658.54

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