Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles
300 1St Capitol Dr, Saint Charles, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1467521146
$3,796.65
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.
$6,903.00
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.
$456.93 with BCBS vs $13,749.00 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.
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 | $456.93 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $469.53 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $471.77 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $508.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,277.28 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,310.06 | ↓ -13% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,325.79 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,326.44 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,333.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,391.99 | ↓ -11% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $3,932.74 | ↑ +4% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $5,327.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $7,033.00 | ↑ +85% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $8,125.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $8,775.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $8,861.00 | ↑ +133% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $8,969.00 | ↑ +136% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $8,992.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Carelink Other Commercial Plan | $9,861.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | NBD Other Commercial Plan | $12,133.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $13,749.00 | ↑ +262% |
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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 | $3,796.65 | $456.93 – $8,775.00 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $3,796.65 | $456.93 – $8,775.00 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $2,527.80 | $524.67 – $8,050.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $3,796.65 | $456.93 – $9,861.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $3,796.65 | $456.93 – $8,775.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $4,031.61 | $3,259.26 – $7,389.00 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $3,155.10 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $3,796.65 | $456.93 – $8,775.00 |