Urography inf drip &/or bolus 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

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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.

$82.81 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 $82.81
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $85.10
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $85.50
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $92.22
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $175.68
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $177.44
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.28
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.32
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $178.67
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $204.06
Oscar Exchange $210.82
Healthlink HMO $264.61
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $264.61
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $357.10
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $366.03
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $366.03

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Urography inf drip &/or bolus at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $692.25 $45.00 – $912.30
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence $4,513.14 $101.17 – $203.82
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $82.81 – $264.61
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $82.81 – $264.61
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $95.09 – $226.76
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $82.81 – $357.10
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $82.81 – $264.61
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $147.41 – $316.23

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