CT hrt c+ strux cgen hrt ds 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

$343.20

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.

$624.00

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.

$215.43 with BCBS vs $974.53 with Healthlink — 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 $215.43 ↓ -37%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO $221.37 ↓ -35%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $222.42 ↓ -35%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $239.89 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $349.44 ↑ +2%
Aetna Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan $352.93 ↑ +3%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $354.61 ↑ +3%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $354.68 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $355.38 ↑ +4%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $357.10 ↑ +4%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $361.67 ↑ +5%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $366.03 ↑ +7%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee $366.03 ↑ +7%
Oscar Exchange $419.32 ↑ +22%
Healthlink HMO $974.53 ↑ +184%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $974.53 ↑ +184%

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CT hrt c+ strux cgen hrt ds at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $343.20 $215.43 – $974.53
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $343.20 $215.43 – $974.53
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $440.00 $226.76 – $1,216.95
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $343.20 $215.43 – $974.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $343.20 $215.43 – $974.53
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,850.55 $304.45 – $1,368.63
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,403.05 $143.11 – $1,866.90
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $343.20 $215.43 – $974.53

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