Apc gene full sequence 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

$918.50

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.

$1,670.00

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.

$702.00 with UnitedHealthCare vs $1,802.30 with BCBS — 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
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $702.00 ↓ -24%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $775.71 ↓ -16%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $780.00 ↓ -15%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $791.70 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $793.26 ↓ -14%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $819.00 ↓ -11%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $1,092.00 ↑ +19%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $1,326.00 ↑ +44%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $1,404.00 ↑ +53%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $1,617.34 ↑ +76%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $1,688.39 ↑ +84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $1,802.30 ↑ +96%

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Apc gene full sequence at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $780.00 – $2,605.20
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $780.00 – $2,605.20
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $764.40 – $1,349.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $780.00 – $2,605.20
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $780.00 – $2,605.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $780.00 – $2,605.20
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $780.00 – $2,605.20
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $780.00 – $1,522.61

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