Perc cryo ablate renal tum 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

$9,109.10

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.

$16,562.00

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.

$506.81 with BCBS vs $11,867.00 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
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $506.81 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $526.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $526.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $571.24 ↓ -94%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↓ -78%
UnitedHealthCare St. Louis University Employee Other Commercial Plan $4,229.00 ↓ -54%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $5,048.00 ↓ -45%
Healthlink Employers Choice All Commercial Plans $5,050.00 ↓ -45%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $5,561.00 ↓ -39%
Healthlink HMO $6,707.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $7,425.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $11,054.00 ↑ +21%
Cigna OAP Other Commercial Plan $11,867.00 ↑ +30%

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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $12,592.80 $595.74 – $12,776.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $9,635.45 $518.83 – $12,776.39
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $9,635.45 $518.83 – $12,776.39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $9,635.45 $518.83 – $8,775.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $9,635.45 $518.83 – $12,776.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $9,635.45 $518.83 – $12,776.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $10,216.14 $2,277.00 – $19,164.59
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $42,229.42 $379.88 – $68,309.83

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