Ablt trurl prst8 tis trnsdcr 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

$21,595.20

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.

$39,264.00

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.

$1,889.00 with Aetna vs $15,857.71 with Oscar — 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
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,889.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,918.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,979.00 ↓ -86%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↓ -85%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,809.00 ↓ -82%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $4,562.00 ↓ -79%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $5,074.00 ↓ -77%
Healthlink HMO $6,559.00 ↓ -70%
Healthlink PPO $9,343.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $10,075.23 ↓ -53%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $10,290.33 ↓ -52%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $10,290.33 ↓ -52%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $11,091.92 ↓ -49%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $12,950.46 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,214.76 ↓ -39%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $13,346.91 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,439.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,479.05 ↓ -38%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $13,611.20 ↓ -37%
Oscar Exchange $15,857.71 ↓ -27%

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Ablt trurl prst8 tis trnsdcr at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $2,009.00 – $9,268.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $2,224.00 – $15,857.71
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $2,224.00 – $15,857.71
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2,224.00 – $5,362.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $2,224.00 – $15,857.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $2,224.00 – $15,857.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $2,277.00 – $23,786.56
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton not published $2,224.00 – $15,857.71

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