Enzyme histochemistry 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

$205.15

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.

$373.00

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.

$97.41 with BCBS vs $1,452.56 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 $97.41 ↓ -53%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $101.69 ↓ -50%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $108.55 ↓ -47%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $590.54 ↑ +188%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $802.54 ↑ +291%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $806.98 ↑ +293%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $819.08 ↑ +299%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $820.70 ↑ +300%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $847.33 ↑ +313%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $1,129.77 ↑ +451%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $1,371.87 ↑ +569%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $1,452.56 ↑ +608%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $417.45 $69.57 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $386.65 $60.59 – $656.15
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $193.70 $69.27 – $1,072.46
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $386.65 $60.59 – $968.38

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