Ther nma rdctj intus/obstrcj 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

$475.20

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.

$864.00

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.

$102.16 with BCBS vs $366.03 with UnitedHealthCare — 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 $102.16 ↓ -79%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $104.98 ↓ -78%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $105.48 ↓ -78%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $113.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $175.68 ↓ -63%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $177.44 ↓ -63%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.28 ↓ -62%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.32 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.67 ↓ -62%
Oscar Exchange $210.82 ↓ -56%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $270.96 ↓ -43%
Healthlink HMO $326.40 ↓ -31%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $326.40 ↓ -31%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $357.10 ↓ -25%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $366.03 ↓ -23%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $366.03 ↓ -23%

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Ther nma rdctj intus/obstrcj at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $475.20 $102.16 – $326.40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $475.20 $102.16 – $326.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $475.20 $102.16 – $357.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $475.20 $102.16 – $326.40
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $897.65 $31.00 – $879.13
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $475.20 $102.16 – $326.40
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $1,051.05 $99.80 – $327.57
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $117.31 – $270.96

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