Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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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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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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.

$693.83 with Devoted Health vs $693.83 with UHC Medicare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $693.83
Wellcare Wellcare $693.83
Medica Medica $693.83
Tricare Tricare $693.83
Ambetter Ambetter $693.83
Cigna Cigna $693.83
UMR CPD UMR CPD $693.83
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $693.83
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $693.83
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $693.83
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $693.83
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $693.83
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $693.83
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $693.83
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $693.83
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $693.83
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $693.83
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $693.83
Essence Essence $693.83
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $693.83
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $693.83
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $693.83
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $693.83
Humana Gold Humana Gold $693.83
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $693.83
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $693.83
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $693.83
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $693.83
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $693.83
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $693.83
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $693.83
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $693.83

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $351.00 $12.30 – $87.38
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $286.65 $12.30 – $134.26

All Missouri hospitals for this procedure →