Assay of feces porphyrins at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South

10114 Kennerly Road St., Louis, MO · Mercy · · NPI 1992435895

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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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.

$135.51 with Devoted Health vs $135.51 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

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 $135.51
Wellcare Wellcare $135.51
Medica Medica $135.51
Tricare Tricare $135.51
Ambetter Ambetter $135.51
Cigna Cigna $135.51
UMR CPD UMR CPD $135.51
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $135.51
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $135.51
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $135.51
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $135.51
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $135.51
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $135.51
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $135.51
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $135.51
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $135.51
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $135.51
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $135.51
Essence Essence $135.51
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $135.51
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $135.51
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $135.51
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $135.51
Humana Gold Humana Gold $135.51
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $135.51
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $135.51
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $135.51
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $135.51
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $135.51
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $135.51
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $135.51
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $135.51

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Assay of feces porphyrins at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $219.70 $33.81 – $54.21
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $506.35 $35.20 – $140.48
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $185.90 $10.92 – $205.98

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