Dest mal lesion tal 1.1-2.0cm 17262 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

$76.87

Cash price

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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.

$139.76

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.

$140.40 with BCBS vs $4,616.00 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.

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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 $140.40 ↑ +83%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $143.40 ↑ +87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $143.40 ↑ +87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $154.57 ↑ +101%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $196.94 ↑ +156%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $200.96 ↑ +161%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $202.97 ↑ +164%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $204.37 ↑ +166%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $204.98 ↑ +167%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $206.99 ↑ +169%
Oscar Exchange $241.15 ↑ +214%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $289.00 ↑ +276%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $537.00 ↑ +599%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $760.00 ↑ +889%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $961.00 ↑ +1150%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,234.00 ↑ +1505%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $1,907.00 ↑ +2381%
Healthlink HMO $3,085.00 ↑ +3913%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↑ +3995%
Healthlink PPO $4,616.00 ↑ +5905%

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Dest mal lesion tal 1.1-2.0cm 17262 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $449.02 $119.44 – $3,868.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $70.63 $122.28 – $2,302.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $70.63 $122.28 – $2,302.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $70.63 $122.28 – $2,302.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $70.63 $122.28 – $2,302.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $70.63 $122.28 – $2,302.00
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $292.50 $92.40 – $260.86
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $107.25 $237.15 – $260.86

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