CT hrt w/3d image at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$512.60
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.
$932.00
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.
$226.76 with UnitedHealthCare vs $972.63 with Healthlink — 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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| UnitedHealthCare | Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan | $226.76 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $226.79 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $231.63 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $231.63 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $249.67 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $342.45 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $349.44 | ↓ -32% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $352.93 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $355.38 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $356.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $359.92 | ↓ -30% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $383.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $419.32 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $972.63 | ↑ +90% |
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CT hrt w/3d image at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $557.70 | $192.93 – $321.39 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $624.80 | $197.51 – $778.88 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $624.80 | $197.51 – $778.88 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $624.80 | $197.51 – $778.88 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $624.80 | $197.51 – $778.88 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $624.80 | $197.51 – $778.88 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $1,575.60 | $126.36 – $2,241.93 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $770.90 | $126.84 – $1,430.88 |