Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead 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

$19,250.00

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.

$35,000.00

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.

$410.49 with BCBS vs $47,037.00 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 $410.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $419.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $419.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $451.91 ↓ -98%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↓ -84%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,809.00 ↓ -80%
Oscar Exchange $3,886.00 ↓ -80%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $4,562.00 ↓ -76%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $5,074.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,122.98 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,288.75 ↓ -57%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $8,331.00 ↓ -57%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $8,371.64 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,429.66 ↓ -56%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,454.53 ↓ -56%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $8,484.00 ↓ -56%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $8,537.41 ↓ -56%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $13,104.00 ↓ -32%
Healthlink HMO $30,284.00 ↑ +57%
Healthlink PPO $47,037.00 ↑ +144%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $349.21 – $19,373.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $10,863.05 $357.50 – $9,535.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $10,863.05 $357.50 – $9,535.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $10,863.05 $357.50 – $9,535.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $10,863.05 $357.50 – $9,535.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $10,863.05 $357.50 – $9,535.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $8,677.16 $2,277.00 – $14,919.75
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $7,004.40 not published

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