Electrophysiology evaluation at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles
300 1St Capitol Dr, Saint Charles, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1467521146
$8,248.90
Cash price 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.
$14,998.00
Gross charge 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.
$386.30 with BCBS vs $10,423.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $386.30 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $396.95 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $398.84 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $430.17 | ↓ -95% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $2,302.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $3,829.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Carelink Other Commercial Plan | $4,223.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | NBD Other Commercial Plan | $6,314.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $7,154.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $7,297.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,812.26 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,890.38 | ↓ -4% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,927.88 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,929.44 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $7,945.06 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8,085.69 | ↓ -2% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $8,427.00 | ↑ +2% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $9,329.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $9,374.71 | ↑ +14% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $10,423.00 | ↑ +26% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $8,248.90 | $386.30 – $9,374.71 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $8,248.90 | $386.30 – $9,374.71 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $19,373.20 | $443.56 – $9,374.71 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $8,248.90 | $386.30 – $8,427.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $8,248.90 | $386.30 – $9,374.71 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $9,692.15 | $5,156.09 – $50,122.46 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $6,602.05 | $528.20 – $14,780.25 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $8,248.90 | $386.30 – $9,374.71 |