CT t-spine w /wo contrast at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$1,858.45
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.
$3,379.00
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.
$172.17 with BCBS vs $1,019.21 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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| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $172.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $175.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $177.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $178.67 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $179.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $180.95 | ↓ -90% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $210.82 | ↓ -89% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan | $226.76 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $237.87 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $242.94 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $242.94 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $261.87 | ↓ -86% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $383.88 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $1,019.21 | ↓ -45% |
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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $2,030.60 | $202.36 – $321.39 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $816.18 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $816.18 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $1,222.65 | $207.16 – $816.18 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $816.18 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,222.65 | $175.68 – $816.18 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,228.92 | $174.72 – $316.23 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $2,401.75 | $212.46 – $233.71 |