Boot mlti podous univ xlg at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$113.52
Cash price 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.
$206.40
Gross charge 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.
$138.63 with BCBS vs $237.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $138.63 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $141.59 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $141.59 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $152.62 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $193.94 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $197.90 | ↑ +74% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $199.88 | ↑ +76% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $201.26 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $201.86 | ↑ +78% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $203.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $237.48 | ↑ +109% |
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Boot mlti podous univ xlg at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $117.93 – $117.93 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $145.60 | $194.14 – $696.92 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $601.25 | $158.26 – $359.17 |
| Mercy Primary Care - Bernie | Bernie | $177.75 | $64.53 – $237.00 |