Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i 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

$6,600.00

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.

$12,000.00

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.

$618.81 with BCBS vs $22,033.48 with Oscar — 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 $618.81 ↓ -91%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $632.02 ↓ -90%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $632.02 ↓ -90%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $681.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,889.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,918.00 ↓ -56%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,979.00 ↓ -55%
Healthlink HMO $6,559.00 ↓ -1%
Healthlink PPO $9,343.00 ↑ +42%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $14,257.00 ↑ +116%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $16,449.00 ↑ +149%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $17,080.00 ↑ +159%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $17,994.01 ↑ +173%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,361.23 ↑ +178%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $18,544.85 ↑ +181%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,673.37 ↑ +183%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,728.46 ↑ +184%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,912.07 ↑ +187%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $19,324.00 ↑ +193%
Oscar Exchange $22,033.48 ↑ +234%

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Embo or occlude vascular arterial s&i at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $7,880.73 $526.43 – $13,266.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $10,423.05 $538.92 – $22,033.48
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $10,423.05 $538.92 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $10,423.05 $538.92 – $18,730.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $10,423.05 $538.92 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $10,423.05 $538.92 – $22,033.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $16,266.99 $13,080.00 – $33,050.22
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $54,881.35 $398.33 – $117,803.41

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