Strapping of knee 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.

$144.27 with Devoted Health vs $144.27 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 $144.27
Wellcare Wellcare $144.27
Medica Medica $144.27
Tricare Tricare $144.27
Ambetter Ambetter $144.27
Cigna Cigna $144.27
UMR CPD UMR CPD $144.27
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $144.27
Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $144.27
Aetna/Commercial Product Aetna/Commercial Product $144.27
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $144.27
Anthem Blue Access Anthem Blue Access $144.27
Anthem Blue Access Choice Anthem Blue Access Choice $144.27
Anthem Blue Preferred Anthem Blue Preferred $144.27
Anthem Medicare Anthem Medicare $144.27
Anthem Pathway Anthem Pathway $144.27
Cigna Medicare Advantage Cigna Medicare Advantage $144.27
Cigna PPO Cigna PPO $144.27
Essence Essence $144.27
Healthlink HMO Healthlink HMO $144.27
Healthlink PPO Healthlink PPO $144.27
Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) Healthy Blue (Missouri Care) $144.27
HomeState Health Plan HomeState Health Plan $144.27
Humana Gold Humana Gold $144.27
Medicaid MO Medicaid MO $144.27
Meritain Health CPD Meritain Health CPD $144.27
Meritain Health PPO CPD Meritain Health PPO CPD $144.27
Starmark CPD Starmark CPD $144.27
UHC All Payer UHC All Payer $144.27
UHC Exchange UHC Exchange $144.27
UHC Medicaid UHC Medicaid $144.27
UHC Medicare UHC Medicare $144.27

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Strapping of knee at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $98.80 $153.85 – $169.23
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $154.70 $25.71 – $169.23
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $121.55 not published

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