Gi tract capsule endoscopy (pillcam) 91110 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

$2,526.70

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.

$4,594.00

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.

$816.84 with BCBS vs $4,562.00 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 $816.84 ↓ -68%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $834.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $834.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $890.28 ↓ -65%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $899.27 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $908.45 ↓ -64%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $917.53 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $923.89 ↓ -63%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $926.62 ↓ -63%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $935.70 ↓ -63%
Oscar Exchange $1,090.14 ↓ -57%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,629.00 ↑ +44%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $4,149.00 ↑ +64%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $4,187.00 ↑ +66%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $4,562.00 ↑ +81%

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Gi tract capsule endoscopy (pillcam) 91110 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $3,286.25 $694.90 – $5,020.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $1,498.75 $711.39 – $4,934.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $1,498.75 $711.39 – $4,934.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $1,498.75 $711.39 – $4,934.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $1,498.75 $711.39 – $4,934.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $1,498.75 $711.39 – $4,934.00
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $1,375.40 $799.25 – $2,523.19
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,375.40 $578.77 – $5,828.49

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