Kras gene variants exon 2 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

$1,299.65

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.

$2,363.00

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.

$189.38 with BCBS vs $334.32 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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $189.38 ↓ -85%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $193.25 ↓ -85%
Oscar Exchange $193.25 ↓ -85%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $193.25 ↓ -85%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $195.18 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $196.54 ↓ -85%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $197.12 ↓ -85%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $199.05 ↓ -85%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $231.90 ↓ -82%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $236.21 ↓ -82%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $241.25 ↓ -81%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $241.25 ↓ -81%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $260.05 ↓ -80%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $325.86 ↓ -75%
Healthlink HMO $334.32 ↓ -74%

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Kras gene variants exon 2 at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $193.25 – $376.94
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,272.70 $173.93 – $347.85
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $557.05 $199.24 – $267.85
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $684.45 $137.00 – $267.85
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $564.20 $171.89 – $715.60
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $480.35 $147.26 – $1,017.79
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $193.25 – $645.46
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $193.25 – $645.46

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