Fetal fibronectin 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

$336.05

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.

$611.00

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.

$64.41 with UnitedHealthCare vs $125.65 with Cigna — 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
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $64.41 ↓ -81%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee Other Commercial Plan $64.41 ↓ -81%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $64.41 ↓ -81%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $89.41 ↓ -73%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $92.94 ↓ -72%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $92.94 ↓ -72%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $100.78 ↓ -70%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $125.65 ↓ -63%

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Fetal fibronectin at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis not published $63.12 – $137.57
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $282.15 $64.41 – $265.60
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $282.15 $64.41 – $265.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $282.15 $64.41 – $265.60
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $282.15 $64.41 – $265.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $282.15 $64.41 – $265.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $333.85 $57.97 – $115.94
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $408.20 $64.41 – $89.27

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