Bronchoscopy w/markers at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
100 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1871665380
$3,245.55
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.
$5,901.00
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.
$228.33 with BCBS vs $8,482.62 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.
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 Pathway Exchange | $228.33 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $234.62 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $235.74 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $254.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $1,628.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,167.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Carelink Other Commercial Plan | $2,224.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $2,709.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $3,071.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | NBD Other Commercial Plan | $3,262.00 | ↑ +1% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $3,379.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,697.00 | ↑ +14% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $4,114.00 | ↑ +27% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $4,553.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,068.85 | ↑ +118% |
| Aetna | Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,139.54 | ↑ +120% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,173.47 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,174.89 | ↑ +121% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,189.02 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,316.26 | ↑ +125% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $8,482.62 | ↑ +161% |
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Bronchoscopy w/markers at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $3,245.55 | $228.33 – $8,482.62 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $3,245.55 | $228.33 – $3,379.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $3,245.55 | $228.33 – $8,482.62 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $3,245.55 | $228.33 – $8,482.62 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $18,313.49 | $170.23 – $13,373.78 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $3,245.55 | $228.33 – $8,482.62 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $262.17 – $8,482.62 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | not published | $2,034.00 – $12,723.94 |