Implant spine infusion pump at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles
300 1St Capitol Dr, Saint Charles, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1467521146
$18,935.40
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.
$34,428.00
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.
$414.83 with BCBS vs $18,684.81 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.
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 | $414.83 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $426.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $428.29 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $461.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $1,628.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Carelink Other Commercial Plan | $1,944.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,167.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $2,680.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $2,709.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NBD Other Commercial Plan | $2,835.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,213.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $3,886.00 | ↓ -79% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $7,218.00 | ↓ -62% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $7,990.00 | ↓ -58% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $9,096.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,052.95 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,233.48 | ↓ -4% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,320.14 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,323.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,359.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,684.81 | ↓ -1% |
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Implant spine infusion pump at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $18,935.40 | $414.83 – $18,359.85 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $18,935.40 | $414.83 – $18,359.85 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $18,935.40 | $414.83 – $7,218.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $18,935.40 | $414.83 – $18,359.85 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $1,448.20 | $21,093.59 – $23,202.95 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $1,311.70 | $384.50 – $35,215.98 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $46,225.71 | $343.67 – $115,825.47 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $30,119.56 | $4.20 – $40,903.02 |