Cltx carpl scphd fx w/mnpj at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

6420 Clayton Rd, Richmond Heights, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1780763284

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,414.05

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.

$2,571.00

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.

$457.57 with BCBS vs $3,213.00 with Aetna — 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 $457.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $470.19 ↓ -67%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $472.42 ↓ -67%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $509.54 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,610.59 ↑ +14%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,626.69 ↑ +15%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,628.00 ↑ +15%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,634.42 ↑ +16%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,634.75 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,637.97 ↑ +16%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $1,775.00 ↑ +26%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $1,781.00 ↑ +26%
Oscar Exchange $1,932.71 ↑ +37%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,944.00 ↑ +37%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,087.00 ↑ +48%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↑ +53%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $2,680.00 ↑ +90%
Healthlink HMO $2,709.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,835.00 ↑ +100%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,213.00 ↑ +127%

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Cltx carpl scphd fx w/mnpj at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,414.05 $457.57 – $2,680.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,414.05 $457.57 – $2,680.00
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $2,518.45 $525.40 – $2,187.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,414.05 $457.57 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,414.05 $457.57 – $2,680.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $1,268.80 $1,910.05 – $2,101.05
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $1,414.05 $457.57 – $2,680.00
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $1,182.61 $446.97 – $3,935.00

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