Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with 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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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.

$5,857.03 with Devoted Health vs $5,857.03 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 $5,857.03
Wellcare Wellcare $5,857.03
Medica Medica $5,857.03
Tricare Tricare $5,857.03
Ambetter Ambetter $5,857.03
Cigna Cigna $5,857.03
UMR CPD UMR CPD $5,857.03
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $5,857.03
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $5,857.03
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $5,857.03
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $5,857.03
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $5,857.03
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $5,857.03
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $5,857.03
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $5,857.03
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $5,857.03
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $5,857.03
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $5,857.03
Essence Essence $5,857.03
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $5,857.03
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $5,857.03
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $5,857.03
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $5,857.03
Humana Gold Humana Gold $5,857.03
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $5,857.03
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $5,857.03
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $5,857.03
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $5,857.03
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $5,857.03
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $5,857.03
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $5,857.03
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $5,857.03

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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,941.25 $206.69 – $468.85
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,392.00 $159.97 – $2,241.93
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $1,450.15 $160.78 – $2,241.93
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,948.70 $160.78 – $1,737.59

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