Biliary endoscopy thru skin at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville
500 Medical Drive, Wentzville, MO · SSM Health · · NPI 1851833305
$3,352.25
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.
$6,095.00
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.
$519.75 with BCBS vs $6,144.00 with UnitedHealthCare — 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 | $519.75 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $534.08 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $536.62 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $578.78 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $1,865.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,167.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Carelink Other Commercial Plan | $2,224.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | OAP Other Commercial Plan | $3,071.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthlink | HMO | $3,102.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | NBD Other Commercial Plan | $3,262.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $3,697.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Oscar | Exchange | $3,886.00 | ↑ +16% |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $4,464.00 | ↑ +33% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $5,187.00 | ↑ +55% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $6,144.00 | ↑ +83% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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 | $3,352.25 | $519.75 – $10,827.99 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $3,352.25 | $519.75 – $10,827.99 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $3,352.25 | $519.75 – $10,827.99 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $3,352.25 | $519.75 – $10,827.99 |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield | Ozark | $10,310.95 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton | Fenton | $3,352.25 | $519.75 – $10,827.99 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | not published | $596.79 – $10,966.41 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | not published | $2,034.00 – $19,164.59 |