Athrectomy fem/pop/unilateral 37225 at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville
500 Medical Drive, Wentzville, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1851833305
$10,266.30
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.
$18,666.00
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.
$679.76 with BCBS vs $43,282.00 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 | $679.76 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $698.50 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $701.82 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $756.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Carelink Other Commercial Plan | $10,518.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $12,450.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | NBD Other Commercial Plan | $12,942.00 | ↑ +26% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $14,383.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $14,666.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $14,864.00 | ↑ +45% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $15,920.00 | ↑ +55% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $18,468.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $18,730.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $24,723.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Healthlink | PPO | $43,282.00 | ↑ +322% |
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Athrectomy fem/pop/unilateral 37225 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 | $10,266.30 | $679.76 – $18,730.00 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $10,266.30 | $679.76 – $18,730.00 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $17,600.00 | $780.52 – $16,449.00 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $10,266.30 | $679.76 – $18,730.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $10,266.30 | $679.76 – $18,730.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $10,836.13 | $13,080.00 – $14,326.00 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $28,877.20 | $8.46 – $26,023.21 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $10,266.30 | $679.76 – $18,730.00 |