Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
12303 Depaul Drive, Bridgeton, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1598835308
$731.50
Cash price 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.
$1,330.00
Gross charge 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.
$308.66 with BCBS vs $1,003.27 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $308.66 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $317.18 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $318.68 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $343.72 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $469.86 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $543.85 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $549.28 | ↓ -25% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $551.90 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $552.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $553.09 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $562.88 | ↓ -23% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $652.62 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $948.97 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $948.97 | ↑ +30% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $978.80 | ↑ +34% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $1,003.27 | ↑ +37% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $1,003.27 | ↑ +37% |
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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $731.50 | $308.66 – $948.97 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $381.70 | $354.42 – $761.59 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $731.50 | $308.66 – $978.80 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $731.50 | $308.66 – $948.97 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $731.50 | $308.66 – $948.97 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $2,132.65 | $69.00 – $1,732.99 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $731.50 | $308.66 – $948.97 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $971.30 | $301.51 – $880.92 |