Chemodenerv 1 extrem 5/> mus 64644 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

$1,160.50

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.

$2,110.00

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.

$146.41 with BCBS vs $3,148.00 with Centene — 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 $146.41 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $149.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $149.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $161.18 ↓ -86%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $289.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $692.88 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $707.02 ↓ -39%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $714.09 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $719.04 ↓ -38%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $721.16 ↓ -38%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $728.23 ↓ -37%
Oscar Exchange $848.42 ↓ -27%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,234.00 ↑ +6%
Healthlink HMO $1,632.00 ↑ +41%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,907.00 ↑ +64%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $2,020.00 ↑ +74%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $2,061.00 ↑ +78%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,248.00 ↑ +94%
Healthlink PPO $2,857.00 ↑ +146%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↑ +171%

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Chemodenerv 1 extrem 5/> mus 64644 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $1,559.42 $124.55 – $2,109.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,177.55 $127.51 – $2,167.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,177.55 $127.51 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,177.55 $127.51 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,177.55 $127.51 – $2,167.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,177.55 $127.51 – $2,167.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $622.05 $590.36 – $590.36
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $5,394.02 $119.73 – $1,442.34

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