Abltj mal prst8 tiss hifu at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis

100 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1871665380

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$1,024.95 with BCBS vs $11,378.09 with Oscar — 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 $1,024.95
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $1,053.22
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $1,058.22
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $1,141.35
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,944.00
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $2,302.00
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $2,727.00
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,835.00
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $3,018.00
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,213.00
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $3,532.00
Healthlink HMO $3,829.00
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $8,775.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,481.75
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,576.56
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,622.07
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,623.97
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,642.93
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $9,813.61
Oscar Exchange $11,378.09

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Abltj mal prst8 tiss hifu at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,024.95 – $11,378.09
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,176.88 – $11,378.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $1,024.95 – $8,775.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $1,024.95 – $11,378.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $1,024.95 – $11,378.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $2,277.00 – $17,067.14
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $1,024.95 – $11,378.09
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $1,001.20 – $11,867.00

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