Bx soft tissue back/flank deep 21925 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

$2,814.35

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.

$5,117.00

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.

$376.26 with BCBS vs $3,532.00 with UnitedHealthCare — 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 $376.26 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $386.64 ↓ -86%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $388.48 ↓ -86%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $418.99 ↓ -85%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,628.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,654.26 ↓ -41%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,670.81 ↓ -41%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,678.75 ↓ -40%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,679.08 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,682.39 ↓ -40%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,712.16 ↓ -39%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,944.00 ↓ -31%
Oscar Exchange $1,985.12 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $2,680.00 ↓ -5%
Healthlink HMO $2,709.00 ↓ -4%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $2,727.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,835.00 ↑ +1%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $3,018.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,213.00 ↑ +14%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $3,532.00 ↑ +25%

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Bx soft tissue back/flank deep 21925 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,814.35 $376.26 – $2,680.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,814.35 $376.26 – $2,680.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,814.35 $376.26 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,814.35 $376.26 – $2,680.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,814.35 $376.26 – $2,680.00
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $4,087.66 $367.54 – $3,935.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $432.04 – $3,241.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $1,645.17 – $2,977.67

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