MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$2,311.65
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.
$4,203.00
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.
$342.45 with BCBS vs $1,351.73 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.
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 Medicare Managed Care Plan | $342.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $349.44 | ↓ -85% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $352.93 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $355.38 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $356.43 | ↓ -85% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $359.92 | ↓ -84% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $419.32 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $442.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $451.44 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $451.44 | ↓ -80% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan | $467.51 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $486.60 | ↓ -79% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $791.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $1,351.73 | ↓ -42% |
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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $2,582.25 | $376.02 – $662.62 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $2,070.20 | $349.44 – $1,401.04 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $2,070.20 | $349.44 – $1,401.04 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $2,070.20 | $384.94 – $1,401.04 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $2,070.20 | $349.44 – $1,401.04 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $2,070.20 | $349.44 – $1,401.04 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,842.72 | $347.51 – $628.99 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora | Aurora | $2,817.10 | $206.69 – $468.85 |