Crotalidae poly immune fab 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

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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.

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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.

$1,779.64 with UnitedHealthCare vs $6,960.63 with BCBS — 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
UnitedHealthCare Employee $1,779.64
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $1,779.64
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $1,779.64
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,868.77
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,906.91
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $1,925.98
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,939.32
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,945.04
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,964.11
Oscar Exchange $2,097.60
Cigna All Commercial Plans $3,392.27
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $4,001.43
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $5,955.62
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $5,955.62
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $6,960.63

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Crotalidae poly immune fab at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $32.93 – $3,392.27
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $7,795.12 $2,445.71 – $2,445.71
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $7,275.45 $1,779.64 – $2,717.25
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $6,236.10 $1,215.07 – $6,513.96
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $6,236.10 $1,806.04 – $6,513.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $1,906.91 – $3,412.35
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $1,906.91 – $3,412.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $2,168.22 – $3,412.35

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