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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$80.42 with United vs $1,963.85 with Optum 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $80.42 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $255.30 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $365.28 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $373.13 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $373.13 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $373.13 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $392.77 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $392.77 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $414.37 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $414.37 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $414.37 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $432.05 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $432.05 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $471.32 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $487.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $492.93 | — |
| Humana | POS | $520.42 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $520.42 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $579.73 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $589.15 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $600.94 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $687.35 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $724.66 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $726.62 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $726.62 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $765.90 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $765.90 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $789.47 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $805.18 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $844.46 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $883.73 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $883.73 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $883.73 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $942.65 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $981.92 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $981.92 | — |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $981.92 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,040.84 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $1,178.31 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $1,276.50 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $1,276.50 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $1,276.50 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $1,276.50 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $1,453.25 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $1,472.89 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $1,472.89 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $1,571.08 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $1,571.08 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $1,571.08 | — |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,571.08 | — |
| Optum Health | COMM | $1,747.83 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,806.74 | — |
| Optum Health | MCD | $1,963.85 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Inj beta interferon sq 1 mcg at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $89.48 – $89.48 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $40.83 – $40.83 |