Tx atrial fib pulm vein isol at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1942685920
$32,450.00
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.
$59,000.00
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.
$1,403.97 with BCBS vs $40,705.00 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.
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 | $1,403.97 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $1,433.94 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice All Commercial Plans | $1,433.94 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $1,545.64 | ↓ -95% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Employee | $5,965.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Centene | Ambetter Exchange | $9,640.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Carelink All Commercial Plans | $13,116.00 | ↓ -60% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Non-PPO Other Commercial Plan | $17,746.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $20,254.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $20,721.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $25,656.46 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $26,180.06 | ↓ -19% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $26,356.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Centene | Wellcare Medicare Managed Care - PPO | $26,441.86 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $26,625.12 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $26,703.66 | ↓ -18% |
| Essence | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $26,965.46 | ↓ -17% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $31,416.07 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthlink | PPO | $40,705.00 | ↑ +25% |
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Tx atrial fib pulm vein isol at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | Saint Louis | $19,990.22 | $1,194.38 – $6,976.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $15,991.25 | $1,222.72 – $31,416.07 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $15,991.25 | $1,222.72 – $31,416.07 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $15,991.25 | $1,222.72 – $14,460.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $15,991.25 | $1,222.72 – $31,416.07 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $15,991.25 | $1,222.72 – $31,416.07 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast | Cape Girardeau | $17,609.15 | $17,278.84 – $167,967.97 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $34,519.55 | $530.95 – $49,530.86 |