Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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

$534.60

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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.

$972.00

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.

$14.12 with BCBS vs $4,261.00 with Aetna — 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 $14.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $14.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $14.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $15.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $162.76 ↓ -70%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $164.39 ↓ -69%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $165.17 ↓ -69%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $165.20 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $165.53 ↓ -69%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $168.46 ↓ -68%
Oscar Exchange $195.32 ↓ -63%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $279.00 ↓ -48%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $541.00 ↑ +1%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $719.00 ↑ +34%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $932.00 ↑ +74%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,216.00 ↑ +127%
Healthlink HMO $2,024.00 ↑ +279%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↑ +305%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $2,444.00 ↑ +357%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $3,760.00 ↑ +603%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $4,261.00 ↑ +697%

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $102.17 $16.21 – $1,632.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $534.60 $14.12 – $2,444.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $534.60 $14.12 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $752.40 $161.87 – $2,277.00
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $154.05 $14.76 – $207.16
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $228.15 $134.52 – $207.16

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