Culture urine each isolate 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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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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.

$28.04 with Medica vs $28.04 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
Medica Medica $28.04
Tricare Tricare $28.04
Ambetter Ambetter $28.04
Cigna Cigna $28.04
UMR CPD UMR CPD $28.04
Devoted Health Devoted Health $28.04
Wellcare Wellcare $28.04
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $28.04
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $28.04
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $28.04
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $28.04
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $28.04
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $28.04
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $28.04
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $28.04
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $28.04
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $28.04
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $28.04
Essence Essence $28.04
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $28.04
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $28.04
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $28.04
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $28.04
Humana Gold Humana Gold $28.04
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $28.04
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $28.04
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $28.04
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $28.04
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $28.04
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $28.04
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $28.04
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $28.04

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Culture urine each isolate at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $51.35 $8.09 – $11.21
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $70.85 $7.16 – $18.20
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $37.05 $7.20 – $29.96
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $35.75 $7.28 – $29.06
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $102.70 $7.28 – $28.32
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $59.80 $6.16 – $47.35
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $29.25 $3.39 – $16.99

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