Embo or occlude vascular venous 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

$4,148.65

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.

$7,543.00

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.

$555.03 with BCBS vs $19,324.00 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 $555.03 ↓ -87%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $566.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $566.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $611.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,889.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,918.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,979.00 ↓ -28%
Healthlink HMO $6,559.00 ↑ +58%
Healthlink PPO $9,343.00 ↑ +125%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,331.57 ↑ +173%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,562.83 ↑ +179%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $11,678.46 ↑ +182%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,759.40 ↑ +183%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,794.08 ↑ +184%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $11,909.71 ↑ +187%
Oscar Exchange $13,875.39 ↑ +234%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $14,257.00 ↑ +244%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $16,449.00 ↑ +296%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $17,080.00 ↑ +312%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $19,324.00 ↑ +366%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $6,527.95 $472.17 – $13,266.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $13,400.75 $483.38 – $18,730.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $13,400.75 $483.38 – $18,730.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $13,400.75 $483.38 – $18,730.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $13,400.75 $483.38 – $18,730.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $13,400.75 $483.38 – $18,730.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $14,186.92 $11,499.23 – $20,813.09
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $18,519.85 $157.89 – $21,876.07

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