Acth stimulation panel at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton

1015 Bowles, Fenton, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1851496152

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$86.96 with UnitedHealthCare vs $358.55 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
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $86.96
Oscar Exchange $86.96
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $86.96
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $86.96
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $87.83
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.25
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.26
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.44
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $90.00
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $123.57
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $126.98
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $127.58
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $137.61
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $146.92
Healthlink HMO $358.55
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $358.55

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Acth stimulation panel at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $86.96 – $358.55
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $86.96 – $358.55
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $85.22 – $185.72
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $86.96 – $358.55
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $86.96 – $358.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $86.96 – $358.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $78.26 – $156.53
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $86.96 – $169.55

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