Contrast x-ray of elbow 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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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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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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$327.60 with Devoted Health vs $327.60 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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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 $327.60
Wellcare Wellcare $327.60
Medica Medica $327.60
Tricare Tricare $327.60
Ambetter Ambetter $327.60
Cigna Cigna $327.60
UMR CPD UMR CPD $327.60
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $327.60
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $327.60
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $327.60
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $327.60
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $327.60
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $327.60
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $327.60
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $327.60
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $327.60
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $327.60
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $327.60
Essence Essence $327.60
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $327.60
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $327.60
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $327.60
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $327.60
Humana Gold Humana Gold $327.60
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $327.60
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $327.60
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $327.60
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $327.60
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $327.60
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $327.60
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $327.60
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $327.60

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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $313.95 $156.91 – $2,241.93
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $1,225.25 $60.50 – $1,815.97

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