Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$12,426.70

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.

$22,594.00

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.

$373.55 with BCBS vs $27,535.00 with Healthlink — 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 $373.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $383.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $385.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $415.97 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $3,071.00 ↓ -75%
Oscar Exchange $3,886.00 ↓ -69%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $5,362.00 ↓ -57%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $5,786.00 ↓ -53%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $5,935.00 ↓ -52%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $6,757.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $7,120.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $8,068.00 ↓ -35%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $9,535.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,468.87 ↓ -16%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,573.56 ↓ -15%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,623.81 ↓ -15%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,625.90 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,646.84 ↓ -14%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,835.28 ↓ -13%
Healthlink HMO $15,860.00 ↑ +28%
Healthlink PPO $27,535.00 ↑ +122%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $12,426.70 $373.55 – $10,646.84
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $22,000.00 $428.92 – $30,284.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $12,426.70 $373.55 – $9,535.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $12,426.70 $373.55 – $10,646.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $12,426.70 $373.55 – $10,646.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $9,296.84 $2,277.00 – $18,843.97
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $9,288.50 not published
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $12,426.70 $373.55 – $10,646.84

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