Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$5,715.05
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.
$10,391.00
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.
$1,042.80 with BCBS vs $22,033.48 with Oscar — 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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| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $1,042.80 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $1,065.06 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $1,065.06 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $1,148.02 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $2,979.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $3,085.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Centene | Ambetter Exchange | $3,148.00 | ↓ -45% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Employee | $3,809.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan | $4,562.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthlink | PPO | $4,616.00 | ↓ -19% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $5,074.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Carelink All Commercial Plans | $6,160.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $9,515.00 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17,994.01 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,361.23 | ↑ +221% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $18,544.85 | ↑ +224% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,673.37 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,728.46 | ↑ +228% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,912.07 | ↑ +231% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $22,033.48 | ↑ +286% |
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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $5,050.76 | $887.13 – $7,425.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $5,050.65 | $908.18 – $22,033.48 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $5,050.65 | $908.18 – $22,033.48 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $5,050.65 | $908.18 – $7,554.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $5,050.65 | $908.18 – $22,033.48 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $5,050.65 | $908.18 – $22,033.48 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $4,759.95 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $5,050.65 | $908.18 – $22,033.48 |