Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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

$179.30

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.

$326.00

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.

$5.43 with BCBS vs $430.83 with Oscar — 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 $5.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $5.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $5.61 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $6.05 ↓ -97%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $6.35 ↓ -96%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $6.35 ↓ -96%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $6.35 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $10.86 ↓ -94%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $21.21 ↓ -88%
Healthlink HMO $21.21 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $359.02 ↑ +100%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $362.62 ↑ +102%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $364.34 ↑ +103%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $364.41 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $365.13 ↑ +104%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $371.59 ↑ +107%
Oscar Exchange $430.83 ↑ +140%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $371.80 $6.24 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $179.30 $5.43 – $21.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $163.90 $5.72 – $646.24
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $83.85 $5.38 – $472.24
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $98.15 $5.10 – $472.24

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