Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm 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

$707.00

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.

$1,285.46

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.

$1,071.16 with BCBS vs $7,032.00 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 Pathway Exchange $1,071.16 ↑ +52%
BCBS Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS $1,094.02 ↑ +55%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans $1,094.02 ↑ +55%
BCBS Anthem Blue Access PPO $1,179.25 ↑ +67%
Aetna Carelink All Commercial Plans $1,889.00 ↑ +167%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $2,918.00 ↑ +313%
Centene Ambetter Exchange $3,148.00 ↑ +345%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,478.46 ↑ +392%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,549.45 ↑ +402%
Centene Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO $3,584.94 ↑ +407%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,609.79 ↑ +411%
Aetna Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,620.44 ↑ +412%
Essence Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,655.93 ↑ +417%
UnitedHealthCare Employee $3,764.00 ↑ +432%
Oscar Exchange $3,886.00 ↑ +450%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $4,353.00 ↑ +516%
UnitedHealthCare Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan $4,508.00 ↑ +538%
Healthlink HMO $4,866.00 ↑ +588%
UnitedHealthCare Options PPO $5,698.00 ↑ +706%
Healthlink PPO $7,032.00 ↑ +895%

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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis not published $911.26 – $11,867.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $1,158.30 $2,277.00 – $6,389.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $2,065.70 $752.94 – $7,240.96
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $932.87 – $8,775.00
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $932.87 – $8,775.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville not published $932.87 – $8,775.00
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles not published $932.87 – $8,775.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights not published $932.87 – $8,775.00

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