Dilat xst trc new access rcs 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

$1,953.60

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.

$3,552.00

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.

$312.16 with BCBS vs $5,698.00 with UnitedHealthCare — 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 $312.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $318.83 ↓ -84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $318.83 ↓ -84%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $343.66 ↓ -82%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,642.00 ↓ -16%
Healthlink HMO $2,496.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,535.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,979.00 ↑ +52%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↑ +61%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,460.06 ↑ +77%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,530.67 ↑ +81%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $3,565.98 ↑ +83%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,590.69 ↑ +84%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,601.29 ↑ +84%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,636.59 ↑ +86%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,764.00 ↑ +93%
Healthlink PPO $3,851.00 ↑ +97%
Oscar Exchange $4,236.81 ↑ +117%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $4,508.00 ↑ +131%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $5,698.00 ↑ +192%

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Dilat xst trc new access rcs at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $5,303.16 $265.56 – $4,510.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $4,143.70 $271.86 – $4,236.81
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $4,143.70 $271.86 – $4,236.81
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $4,143.70 $271.86 – $3,379.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $4,143.70 $271.86 – $4,236.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $4,143.70 $271.86 – $4,236.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $5,670.17 $2,277.00 – $6,355.21
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $28,746.67 $320.00 – $17,938.81

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