Apheresis plasma 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

$5,800.74

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.

$10,546.80

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.

$1,551.36 with UnitedHealthCare vs $2,807.89 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
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,551.36 ↓ -73%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,559.94 ↓ -73%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $1,583.34 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,586.46 ↓ -73%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,637.94 ↓ -72%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $2,183.92 ↓ -62%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $2,277.00 ↓ -61%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $2,651.90 ↓ -54%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $2,745.00 ↓ -53%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $2,807.89 ↓ -52%

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Apheresis plasma at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $3,076.70 $99.09 – $3,071.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $3,076.70 $99.09 – $3,071.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $3,010.15 $113.78 – $3,085.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $3,076.70 $99.09 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $3,076.70 $99.09 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $3,076.70 $99.09 – $3,071.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,482.35 $1,956.44 – $2,152.09
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,529.80 $74.63 – $10,008.39

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