Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
100 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1871665380
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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.
$20.07 with BCBS vs $49.21 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $20.07 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $20.07 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $20.33 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $31.93 | — |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $49.21 | — |
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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $120.00 | $25.59 – $28.82 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $130.00 | $34.27 – $34.27 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $169.00 | $21.62 – $25.59 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $129.02 | $29.29 – $29.29 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $132.87 | $21.62 – $52.16 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $20.07 – $49.21 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $20.04 – $63.21 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $20.07 – $49.21 |