Canthotomy 67715 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

$1,607.10

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.

$2,922.00

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.

$129.12 with BCBS vs $4,332.00 with UnitedHealthCare — 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 $129.12 ↓ -92%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $131.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $131.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $142.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,234.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,373.00 ↓ -15%
Healthlink HMO $1,632.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,907.00 ↑ +19%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,333.70 ↑ +45%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,381.32 ↑ +48%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $2,405.14 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,421.81 ↑ +51%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,428.95 ↑ +51%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $2,452.76 ↑ +53%
Healthlink PPO $2,857.00 ↑ +78%
Oscar Exchange $2,857.59 ↑ +78%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↑ +96%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,241.00 ↑ +102%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $3,881.00 ↑ +141%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $4,332.00 ↑ +170%

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Canthotomy 67715 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $1,275.38 $109.84 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,128.60 $112.45 – $2,857.59
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,128.60 $112.45 – $2,857.59
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,128.60 $112.45 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,128.60 $112.45 – $2,857.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,128.60 $112.45 – $2,857.59
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $746.20 $2,784.32 – $3,062.75
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $1,128.60 $112.45 – $2,857.59

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