Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm 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

$1,353.55

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.

$2,461.00

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.

$266.70 with BCBS vs $2,677.18 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 $266.70 ↓ -80%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $274.06 ↓ -80%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $275.36 ↓ -80%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $296.99 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $388.11 ↓ -71%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $814.55 ↓ -40%
Healthlink HMO $814.55 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,296.74 ↓ -4%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,309.71 ↓ -3%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,315.93 ↓ -3%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,316.19 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,318.78 ↓ -3%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,342.12 ↓ -1%
Oscar Exchange $1,556.09 ↑ +15%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,611.88 ↑ +93%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $2,677.18 ↑ +98%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $2,677.18 ↑ +98%

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Cardiac perf planar sgl/ef/wm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,045.45 $306.24 – $1,658.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,353.55 $266.70 – $2,611.88
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,353.55 $266.70 – $1,556.09
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,680.25 $128.79 – $1,713.87
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $3,873.35 $128.79 – $4,599.47

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