Exc ben+marg excep skin tag feenlm <0.5cm 11440 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

$836.00

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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.

$1,520.00

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.

$107.09 with BCBS 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
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $107.09 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $110.05 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $110.57 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $119.26 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $709.28 ↓ -15%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $716.37 ↓ -14%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $719.77 ↓ -14%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $719.91 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $721.33 ↓ -14%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $734.10 ↓ -12%
Oscar Exchange $851.13 ↑ +2%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $1,775.00 ↑ +112%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $1,781.00 ↑ +113%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,944.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $2,004.00 ↑ +140%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,087.00 ↑ +150%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↑ +159%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $2,302.00 ↑ +175%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,835.00 ↑ +239%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,213.00 ↑ +284%
Healthlink HMO $3,829.00 ↑ +358%

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Exc ben+marg excep skin tag feenlm <0.5cm 11440 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $836.00 $107.09 – $2,302.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,162.70 $122.97 – $3,085.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $836.00 $107.09 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $836.00 $107.09 – $2,302.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $836.00 $107.09 – $2,302.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,231.56 $705.37 – $2,277.00
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $242.45 $107.94 – $923.69
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $343.20 $599.80 – $923.69

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