2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville
500 Medical Drive, Wentzville, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1851833305
$1,977.80
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.
$3,596.00
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.
$474.16 with BCBS vs $2,141.10 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 | $474.16 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $487.24 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $489.56 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $528.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $2,141.10 | ↑ +8% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $2,141.10 | ↑ +8% |
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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $1,977.80 | $474.16 – $2,141.10 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $1,977.80 | $474.16 – $2,141.10 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $829.40 | $544.45 – $1,718.34 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $1,977.80 | $474.16 – $2,141.10 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $1,977.80 | $474.16 – $2,141.10 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln | Troy | $1,404.00 | $288.48 – $1,037.21 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $2,486.25 | $206.06 – $2,459.13 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $1,977.80 | $474.16 – $2,141.10 |