Dch validity tests 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.

$12.05 with Devoted Health vs $12.05 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 $12.05
Wellcare Wellcare $12.05
Medica Medica $12.05
Tricare Tricare $12.05
Ambetter Ambetter $12.05
Cigna Cigna $12.05
UMR CPD UMR CPD $12.05
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $12.05
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $12.05
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $12.05
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $12.05
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $12.05
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $12.05
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $12.05
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $12.05
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $12.05
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $12.05
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $12.05
Essence Essence $12.05
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $12.05
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $12.05
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $12.05
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $12.05
Humana Gold Humana Gold $12.05
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $12.05
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $12.05
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $12.05
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $12.05
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $12.05
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $12.05
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $12.05
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $12.05

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Dch validity tests at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $27.95 $3.01 – $4.82
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $39.00 $2.96 – $4.82
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $24.05 $3.01 – $12.89
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $40.30 $3.13 – $12.50
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $3.90 $3.13 – $12.18
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $23.40 $2.65 – $18.33
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $12.00 $1.47 – $7.31

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