Perq transcath closure pda 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

$17,585.15

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.

$31,973.00

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.

$727.48 with BCBS vs $22,033.48 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.

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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 $727.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $747.54 ↓ -96%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $751.10 ↓ -96%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $810.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $3,333.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $5,252.00 ↓ -70%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $5,256.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $5,950.00 ↓ -66%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $6,108.00 ↓ -65%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $6,950.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,361.23 ↑ +4%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,544.85 ↑ +5%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,632.98 ↑ +6%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,636.65 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,673.37 ↑ +6%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $19,003.88 ↑ +8%
Oscar Exchange $22,033.48 ↑ +25%

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Perq transcath closure pda at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $17,585.15 $727.48 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $17,585.15 $727.48 – $5,256.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $17,585.15 $727.48 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $17,585.15 $727.48 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $17,585.15 $727.48 – $22,033.48
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $22,037.34 $710.62 – $4,975.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $835.32 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $1,277.64 – $33,050.22

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