Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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.

$5.72 with UnitedHealthCare vs $646.24 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 All Commercial Plans $5.72 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $9.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $10.40 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $11.11 ↓ -93%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $357.05 ↑ +118%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $359.02 ↑ +119%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $364.41 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $365.13 ↑ +123%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $376.98 ↑ +130%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $502.63 ↑ +207%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $610.34 ↑ +272%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $646.24 ↑ +294%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $371.80 $6.24 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $179.30 $5.43 – $21.21
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $179.30 $5.43 – $430.83
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $83.85 $5.38 – $472.24
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $98.15 $5.10 – $472.24

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