Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

2505 Mission Drive, Jefferson City, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1518065523

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

$6,913.20

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.

$12,569.45

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.

$1,072.12 with BCBS vs $14,062.06 with 6 Degress Health — 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 $1,072.12 ↓ -84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $1,119.22 ↓ -84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $1,194.73 ↓ -83%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $7,666.00 ↑ +11%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,769.29 ↑ +12%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,812.26 ↑ +13%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $7,929.44 ↑ +15%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,945.06 ↑ +15%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,202.87 ↑ +19%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $10,937.16 ↑ +58%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $10,988.00 ↑ +59%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $13,280.84 ↑ +92%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $14,062.06 ↑ +103%

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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $18,150.00 $746.42 – $26,356.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $6,096.20 $650.06 – $14,460.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $14,461.20 $5,156.09 – $50,122.46
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $14,844.70 $435.41 – $14,780.25

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