Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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.

$375.13 with Devoted Health vs $375.13 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 $375.13
Wellcare Wellcare $375.13
Medica Medica $375.13
Tricare Tricare $375.13
Ambetter Ambetter $375.13
Cigna Cigna $375.13
UMR CPD UMR CPD $375.13
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $375.13
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $375.13
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $375.13
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $375.13
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $375.13
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $375.13
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $375.13
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $375.13
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $375.13
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $375.13
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $375.13
Essence Essence $375.13
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $375.13
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $375.13
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $375.13
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $375.13
Humana Gold Humana Gold $375.13
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $375.13
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $375.13
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $375.13
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $375.13
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $375.13
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $375.13
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $375.13
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $375.13

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $84.50 $18.28 – $18.28
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $128.05 $10.56 – $29.97
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $102.05 $15.27 – $79.47

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