Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$53.08 with Cigna vs $115.19 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $53.08 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $66.22 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $98.56 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $98.56 | — |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $115.19 | — |
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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $3.68 – $53.08 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $609.37 | $52.77 – $52.77 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage | Carthage | $546.00 | $39.42 – $134.91 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $468.00 | $157.08 – $157.08 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $469.56 | $39.42 – $152.16 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | not published | $35.88 – $44.80 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | not published | $35.88 – $44.80 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | not published | $35.88 – $44.80 |