Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj 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.

$8.98 with BCBS vs $16.16 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 Blue Preferred HMO/POS $8.98
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $8.98
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $9.10
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $14.29
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $16.16

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Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $100.94 $7.45 – $11.26
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $749.84 $262.20 – $262.20
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $56.54 $2.08 – $15.88
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $50.32 $7.19 – $7.94
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $8.98 – $16.16
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $13.45 – $16.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $8.98 – $16.16
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $8.98 – $16.16

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