Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

1465 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1508935891

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$634.99 with BCBS vs $10,668.00 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.

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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 $634.99
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $660.02
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $660.02
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $715.73
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $3,868.00
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $4,406.00
Healthlink HMO $5,137.00
Aetna All Commercial Plans $6,562.00
Centene Ambetter Exchange $6,976.00
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee Other Commercial Plan $7,786.00
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $8,299.00
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $10,668.00

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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $18,150.00 $746.42 – $26,356.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $6,096.20 $650.06 – $14,460.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $6,096.20 $650.06 – $9,374.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $6,913.20 $1,072.12 – $14,062.06
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $14,461.20 $5,156.09 – $50,122.46

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