Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system 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

$8,584.95

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.

$15,609.00

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.

$392.01 with BCBS vs $27,535.00 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 $392.01 ↓ -95%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $402.82 ↓ -95%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $404.73 ↓ -95%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $436.53 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $2,224.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $3,071.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $3,262.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,697.00 ↓ -57%
Oscar Exchange $3,886.00 ↓ -55%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $5,362.00 ↓ -38%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $5,935.00 ↓ -31%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $6,757.00 ↓ -21%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $9,535.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,468.87 ↑ +22%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,573.56 ↑ +23%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,623.81 ↑ +24%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,625.90 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,646.84 ↑ +24%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,835.28 ↑ +26%
Healthlink HMO $15,860.00 ↑ +85%
Healthlink PPO $27,535.00 ↑ +221%

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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $8,584.95 $392.01 – $10,646.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $6,600.00 $450.12 – $30,284.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $8,584.95 $392.01 – $9,535.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $8,584.95 $392.01 – $10,646.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $8,584.95 $392.01 – $10,646.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $7,223.56 $2,277.00 – $18,843.97
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $16,987.44 $295.65 – $67,166.96
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $17,125.46 $297.13 – $24,259.65

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