Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 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

$859.65

Cash price

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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.

$1,563.00

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.

$142.47 with BCBS vs $3,213.00 with Aetna — 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 $142.47 ↓ -83%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $146.40 ↓ -83%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $147.10 ↓ -83%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $158.65 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $407.17 ↓ -53%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $411.24 ↓ -52%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $413.20 ↓ -52%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $413.28 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $414.09 ↓ -52%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $421.42 ↓ -51%
Oscar Exchange $488.61 ↓ -43%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $541.00 ↓ -37%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $719.00 ↓ -16%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $932.00 ↑ +8%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,628.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,944.00 ↑ +126%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↑ +152%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $2,680.00 ↑ +212%
Healthlink HMO $2,709.00 ↑ +215%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,835.00 ↑ +230%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,213.00 ↑ +274%

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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $859.65 $142.47 – $2,680.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $1,549.35 $163.59 – $2,187.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $859.65 $142.47 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $859.65 $142.47 – $2,680.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $859.65 $142.47 – $2,680.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $684.42 $404.93 – $2,277.00
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $579.15 $92.40 – $524.51
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $529.75 $476.83 – $524.51

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