Endo abl/incom vein/ext/laser/#1 36478 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

$3,589.30

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.

$6,526.00

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.

$349.66 with BCBS vs $20,721.00 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 $349.66 ↓ -90%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $357.12 ↓ -90%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $357.12 ↓ -90%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $384.94 ↓ -89%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,889.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,918.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,099.33 ↓ -14%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,162.58 ↓ -12%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $3,194.20 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,216.34 ↓ -10%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,225.83 ↓ -10%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,257.46 ↓ -9%
Oscar Exchange $3,795.09 ↑ +6%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,353.00 ↑ +21%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $5,938.00 ↑ +65%
Healthlink HMO $6,559.00 ↑ +83%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $6,849.00 ↑ +91%
Healthlink PPO $9,343.00 ↑ +160%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $17,746.00 ↑ +394%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $20,721.00 ↑ +477%

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Endo abl/incom vein/ext/laser/#1 36478 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $3,346.20 $297.46 – $11,867.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,949.65 $304.52 – $8,072.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,949.65 $304.52 – $8,072.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,949.65 $304.52 – $8,072.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,949.65 $304.52 – $8,072.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,949.65 $304.52 – $8,072.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton $2,949.65 $304.52 – $8,072.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City not published $3,145.18 – $5,692.64

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