Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$163.90

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.

$298.00

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.

$35.18 with BCBS vs $307.16 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 $35.18 ↓ -79%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $36.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $39.20 ↓ -76%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $134.24 ↓ -18%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $169.71 ↑ +4%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $170.64 ↑ +4%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $173.20 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $173.55 ↑ +6%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $179.18 ↑ +9%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $238.90 ↑ +46%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $290.10 ↑ +77%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $307.16 ↑ +87%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $110.00 $30.37 – $204.77
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $110.00 $30.37 – $204.77
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $203.50 $34.87 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $110.00 $30.37 – $149.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $110.00 $30.37 – $204.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $110.00 $30.37 – $204.77
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $133.25 $16.00 – $224.98
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $146.90 $19.78 – $224.98

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