Ghs opcc repair cvp w subq port 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

$2,712.05

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.

$4,931.00

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.

$245.20 with BCBS vs $3,406.00 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 $245.20 ↓ -91%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $250.44 ↓ -91%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $250.44 ↓ -91%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $269.95 ↓ -90%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,545.16 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,576.70 ↓ -42%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $1,592.46 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,603.50 ↓ -41%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,608.23 ↓ -41%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,624.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,642.00 ↓ -39%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $1,719.00 ↓ -37%
Oscar Exchange $1,892.04 ↓ -30%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $2,020.00 ↓ -26%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $2,061.00 ↓ -24%
Healthlink HMO $2,187.00 ↓ -19%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $2,248.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,535.00 ↓ -7%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↑ +16%
Healthlink PPO $3,406.00 ↑ +26%

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Ghs opcc repair cvp w subq port at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $3,010.86 $208.60 – $3,935.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $3,639.90 $213.55 – $2,680.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $3,639.90 $213.55 – $2,680.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $3,639.90 $213.55 – $3,886.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $3,639.90 $213.55 – $2,680.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $3,639.90 $213.55 – $2,680.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $604.50 $186.96 – $2,039.39
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,179.10 not published

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