Hc nm kidney imaging with flow 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

$767.58

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.

$1,395.60

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.

$317.49 with BCBS vs $848.52 with UnitedHealthCare — 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 $317.49 ↓ -59%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $331.44 ↓ -57%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $353.80 ↓ -54%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $398.21 ↓ -48%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $400.42 ↓ -48%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $406.42 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $407.22 ↓ -47%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $420.44 ↓ -45%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $560.58 ↓ -27%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $680.71 ↓ -11%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $720.75 ↓ -6%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $848.52 ↑ +11%

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Hc nm kidney imaging with flow at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $563.75 $194.67 – $608.47
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $563.75 $194.67 – $608.47
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $563.75 $194.67 – $754.24
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $563.75 $194.67 – $608.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $563.75 $194.67 – $608.47
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,082.90 $264.27 – $1,568.32
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $563.75 $194.67 – $608.47
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $583.00 $190.16 – $678.82

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