Transcath biopsy at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$2,567.40
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.
$4,668.00
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.
$275.59 with BCBS vs $6,688.16 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 | $275.59 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $281.47 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $281.47 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $303.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $1,373.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Carelink All Commercial Plans | $2,298.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $3,085.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Centene | Ambetter Exchange | $3,148.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,551.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Healthlink | PPO | $4,616.00 | ↑ +80% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Employee | $4,737.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,462.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,573.47 | ↑ +117% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $5,629.20 | ↑ +119% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,668.22 | ↑ +121% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan | $5,674.00 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,684.94 | ↑ +121% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,740.67 | ↑ +124% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $6,310.00 | ↑ +146% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $6,688.16 | ↑ +161% |
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Transcath biopsy at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $6,192.62 | $234.45 – $4,229.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $3,871.45 | $240.01 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $3,871.45 | $240.01 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $3,871.45 | $240.01 – $4,464.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $3,871.45 | $240.01 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $3,871.45 | $240.01 – $6,688.16 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $3,162.69 | $1,325.00 – $10,032.25 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $13,568.92 | $179.20 – $10,544.62 |