Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$4,651.90

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$8,458.00

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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.

$260.70 with BCBS vs $6,688.16 with Oscar — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $260.70 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $267.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $269.16 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $290.31 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $2,224.00 ↓ -52%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $2,624.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $3,071.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $3,262.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,697.00 ↓ -21%
Healthlink HMO $4,367.00 ↓ -6%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $4,464.00 ↓ -4%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $5,187.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,573.47 ↑ +20%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,629.20 ↑ +21%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,655.96 ↑ +22%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,657.07 ↑ +22%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,668.22 ↑ +22%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,768.54 ↑ +24%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $6,144.00 ↑ +32%
Oscar Exchange $6,688.16 ↑ +44%

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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $4,651.90 $260.70 – $6,688.16
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $6,275.50 $299.34 – $6,688.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $4,651.90 $260.70 – $4,464.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $4,651.90 $260.70 – $6,688.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $4,651.90 $260.70 – $6,688.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $6,082.42 $2,277.00 – $10,032.25
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $10,551.37 $184.50 – $10,544.62
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $4,651.90 $260.70 – $6,688.16

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