Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis

14561 N Outer 40 Rd, Chesterfield, MO · Mercy · · NPI 1811048614

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

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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.

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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.

$7,180.29 with Devoted Health vs $7,180.29 with UHC Medicare — 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
Devoted Health Devoted Health $7,180.29
Wellcare Wellcare $7,180.29
Medica Medica $7,180.29
Tricare Tricare $7,180.29
Ambetter Ambetter $7,180.29
Cigna Cigna $7,180.29
UMR CPD UMR CPD $7,180.29
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $7,180.29
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $7,180.29
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $7,180.29
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $7,180.29
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $7,180.29
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $7,180.29
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $7,180.29
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $7,180.29
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $7,180.29
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $7,180.29
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $7,180.29
Essence Essence $7,180.29
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $7,180.29
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $7,180.29
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $7,180.29
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $7,180.29
Humana Gold Humana Gold $7,180.29
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $7,180.29
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $7,180.29
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $7,180.29
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $7,180.29
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $7,180.29
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $7,180.29
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $7,180.29
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $7,180.29

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,611.70 $101.17 – $233.71
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,401.75 $212.46 – $233.71
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $2,254.85 $101.17 – $739.40
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,031.90 $115.95 – $1,127.17
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $1,413.75 $117.31 – $1,127.17
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,722.20 $101.17 – $1,637.09

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