Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs 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

$218.90

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.

$398.00

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.

$35.18 with BCBS vs $805.40 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 $35.18 ↓ -84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $36.72 ↓ -83%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $39.20 ↓ -82%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $243.20 ↑ +11%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $444.98 ↑ +103%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $447.45 ↑ +104%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care - HMO/PPO $454.16 ↑ +107%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $455.05 ↑ +108%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $469.82 ↑ +115%
Centurion All Commercial Plans $626.42 ↑ +186%
Health Systems All Commercial Plans $760.66 ↑ +247%
6 Degress Health All Commercial Plans $805.40 ↑ +268%

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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $252.45 $30.37 – $536.93
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $252.45 $30.37 – $536.93
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $294.25 $34.87 – $536.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $252.45 $30.37 – $270.22
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $252.45 $30.37 – $536.93
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $252.45 $30.37 – $536.93
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $130.65 $21.31 – $523.86
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $197.60 $89.03 – $2,870.75

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