Allgrft implnt knee w/scope 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.

$1,367.51 with BCBS vs $13,309.49 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 $1,367.51
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $1,405.22
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $1,411.90
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $1,522.82
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $2,224.00
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $2,302.00
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $3,262.00
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,697.00
Healthlink HMO $3,829.00
Oscar Exchange $3,886.00
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $5,235.00
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $5,937.00
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $7,110.00
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $7,994.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,859.41
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,988.00
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,049.73
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,052.30
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,078.02
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,309.49

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Allgrft implnt knee w/scope at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,367.51 – $13,078.02
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,367.51 – $13,078.02
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,570.22 – $13,245.19
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,367.51 – $7,994.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1,367.51 – $13,078.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1,367.51 – $13,078.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $2,277.00 – $23,146.94
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,335.82 – $6,969.00

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