Cltx mndblr/max alv ridge fx 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

$2,130.70

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.

$3,874.00

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.

$491.79 with BCBS vs $3,984.97 with Oscar — 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 $491.79 ↓ -77%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $505.35 ↓ -76%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $507.76 ↓ -76%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $547.64 ↓ -74%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $1,865.00 ↓ -12%
Ambetter Exchange $2,167.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna Carelink Other Commercial Plan $2,224.00 ↑ +4%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $2,727.00 ↑ +28%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $3,018.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $3,071.00 ↑ +44%
Healthlink HMO $3,102.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna NBD Other Commercial Plan $3,262.00 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,320.81 ↑ +56%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,354.02 ↑ +57%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,369.96 ↑ +58%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,370.62 ↑ +58%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,377.27 ↑ +59%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,437.04 ↑ +61%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $3,532.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $3,697.00 ↑ +74%
Oscar Exchange $3,984.97 ↑ +87%

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Cltx mndblr/max alv ridge fx at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,130.70 $491.79 – $3,984.97
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,130.70 $491.79 – $3,984.97
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $4,678.85 $564.69 – $3,984.97
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,130.70 $491.79 – $3,071.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,130.70 $491.79 – $3,984.97
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $3,990.33 $2,034.00 – $5,977.46
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $1,465.10 $489.43 – $4,257.56
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $2,130.70 $491.79 – $3,984.97

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