Serpina1 gene 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.

$43.65 with UnitedHealthCare vs $179.99 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
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $43.65
Oscar Exchange $43.65
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $43.65
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $43.65
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.09
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.30
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.30
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $44.39
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $45.18
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $62.03
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $63.74
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $64.05
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $69.08
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $73.75
Healthlink HMO $179.99
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $179.99

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Serpina1 gene at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $595.65 $42.78 – $93.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $284.90 $39.29 – $78.57
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $287.30 $39.29 – $156.79
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $85.25 $43.65 – $85.12
LEE'S SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER Lee's Summit $1,078.43 $22.13 – $96.37
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City $1,083.00 $22.13 – $96.37
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $819.97 $22.13 – $96.37
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington $897.67 $41.24 – $96.37

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