Ins cath ren art 1st uni 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

$6,032.95

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.

$10,969.00

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.

$352.73 with BCBS vs $5,698.00 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 $352.73 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $360.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $360.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $388.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,642.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,535.00 ↓ -58%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,979.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,099.33 ↓ -49%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,162.58 ↓ -48%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $3,194.20 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,216.34 ↓ -47%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,225.83 ↓ -47%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,257.46 ↓ -46%
Healthlink HMO $3,508.00 ↓ -42%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,764.00 ↓ -38%
Oscar Exchange $3,795.09 ↓ -37%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $4,508.00 ↓ -25%
Healthlink PPO $5,162.00 ↓ -14%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $5,698.00 ↓ -6%

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Ins cath ren art 1st uni at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis $3,637.92 $300.07 – $4,510.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $2,717.00 $307.19 – $3,795.09
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $2,717.00 $307.19 – $3,795.09
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $2,717.00 $307.19 – $3,379.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $2,717.00 $307.19 – $3,795.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $2,717.00 $307.19 – $3,795.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $3,168.00 $2,277.00 – $5,692.64
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $21,744.02 $216.84 – $21,876.07

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