CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: Mercy Hospital St Louis

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,384

about 1.0× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $1,314–$3,137

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,229

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $155 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,384 This hospital $1,229 Cash price $6,314 Hospital's list price $9,714

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

One of the lower prices — 4 of 8 other MO hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $943 Priciest $1,333

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MO hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $1,384 (about 1.0× the $1,362 Medicare rate). Mercy Hospital St Louis charges insurers about $1,229, or about $6,314 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Saint Louis, MO.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$1,229 - $7,327	90%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,229 - $10,922	90%
Aetnamajor	$572 - $6,107	42%
Cignamajor	$1,254 - $6,519	92%
Humanamajor	$1,229	90%
Ambetter (Centene)	$2,392	176%
HealthLink	$2,530 - $8,252	186%
Medica	$2,297 - $3,168	169%
+ 38 smaller / regional plans	$1,229 - $8,495

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 6,314), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercy Hospital St Louis is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Mercy Hospital St Louis

Compare: Trauma team activation at other MO hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.