Mlh1 gene 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

$878.90

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.

$1,598.00

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.

$188.47 with BCBS vs $332.71 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 $188.47 ↓ -79%
BCBS Anthem Pathway Exchange $191.42 ↓ -78%
Oscar Exchange $192.32 ↓ -78%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $192.32 ↓ -78%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $192.32 ↓ -78%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $194.24 ↓ -78%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $195.51 ↓ -78%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $195.51 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $195.59 ↓ -78%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $196.17 ↓ -78%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $198.09 ↓ -77%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $210.74 ↓ -76%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $230.78 ↓ -74%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $324.71 ↓ -63%
Healthlink HMO $332.71 ↓ -62%

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Mlh1 gene at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $162.85 – $375.59
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $408.20 $198.28 – $266.56
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $377.00 $111.80 – $266.56
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $391.30 $171.07 – $712.16
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $284.70 $87.16 – $653.65
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $166.71 – $642.35
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $166.71 – $642.35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $166.71 – $642.35

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