Collar extrication adult univ 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

$1,683.02

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.

$3,060.04

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.

$507.09 with BCBS vs $868.74 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
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $507.09 ↓ -70%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $517.91 ↓ -69%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $517.91 ↓ -69%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $558.26 ↓ -67%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $709.47 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $723.95 ↓ -57%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $731.19 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $736.26 ↓ -56%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $738.43 ↓ -56%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $745.67 ↓ -56%
Oscar Exchange $868.74 ↓ -48%

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Collar extrication adult univ at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $431.39 – $431.39
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $503.75 $731.91 – $746.39

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