Chemodenerv saliv glands bilat 64611 at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

300 1St Capitol Dr, Saint Charles, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1467521146

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.

$108.15 with BCBS vs $2,414.00 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 $108.15
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $111.13
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $111.66
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $120.43
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $279.00
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $307.45
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $310.52
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $312.00
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $312.06
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $312.67
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $318.21
Oscar Exchange $368.94
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $541.00
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $719.00
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $932.00
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,216.00
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $1,444.00
Healthlink HMO $2,024.00
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $2,131.00
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,414.00

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Chemodenerv saliv glands bilat 64611 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $152.06 $124.18 – $1,632.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $499.51 $305.76 – $2,277.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $90.35 $251.65 – $387.54
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $90.35 $97.46 – $1,972.54
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $477.75 not published
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $473.33 $105.64 – $2,109.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $108.15 – $2,167.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $108.15 – $2,167.00

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