11-desoxycortisol - sendout at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920

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

$138.05

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.

$251.00

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.

$28.69 with BCBS vs $62.52 with Healthlink — 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $28.69 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $29.28 ↓ -79%
Oscar Exchange $29.28 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $29.28 ↓ -79%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $29.57 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.78 ↓ -78%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.87 ↓ -78%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.16 ↓ -78%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $35.14 ↓ -75%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $47.77 ↓ -65%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $48.79 ↓ -65%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $48.79 ↓ -65%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $49.16 ↓ -64%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $52.59 ↓ -62%
Healthlink HMO $62.52 ↓ -55%

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $183.15 $29.28 – $57.42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $134.75 $29.28 – $120.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $134.75 $29.28 – $120.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $134.75 $29.28 – $120.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $134.75 $29.28 – $120.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $134.75 $29.28 – $120.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $470.80 $26.35 – $52.70
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $105.30 $24.89 – $40.58

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