Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$21,492.90

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.

$39,078.00

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.

$531.09 with BCBS vs $34,475.60 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 $531.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $545.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $548.33 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $591.40 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $3,071.00 ↓ -86%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $5,327.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $5,773.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $7,104.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,154.00 ↓ -67%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $7,717.00 ↓ -64%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $8,542.00 ↓ -60%
Healthlink HMO $8,861.00 ↓ -59%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $9,729.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $28,729.66 ↑ +34%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,016.96 ↑ +35%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,154.86 ↑ +36%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,160.61 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,218.07 ↑ +36%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,735.20 ↑ +38%
Oscar Exchange $34,475.60 ↑ +60%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $21,492.90 $531.09 – $34,475.60
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $30,084.45 $609.81 – $34,475.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $21,492.90 $531.09 – $7,717.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $21,492.90 $531.09 – $34,475.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $21,492.90 $531.09 – $34,475.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $6,682.25 $2,277.00 – $51,713.39
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $7,350.20 $271.18 – $184,325.97
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $34,604.05 $272.53 – $54,354.54

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