Allograft amnioexcel plus 17mm disk 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

$3,380.36

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.

$6,146.11

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.

$77.34 with BCBS vs $198.93 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.

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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 $77.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $79.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $79.85 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $86.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $124.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $125.89 ↓ -96%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.52 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.76 ↓ -96%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $129.01 ↓ -96%
Oscar Exchange $149.57 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $198.93 ↓ -94%

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Allograft amnioexcel plus 17mm disk at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $3,380.36 $77.34 – $198.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $3,380.36 $77.34 – $198.93
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $3,380.36 $77.34 – $198.93
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $3,380.36 $77.34 – $198.93
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $715.00 $83.91 – $799.71
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $560.95 $108.15 – $241.57
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $3,380.36 $77.34 – $198.93
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $88.81 – $188.68

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