Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis
14561 N Outer 40 Rd, Chesterfield, MO 63017 · 80 Priced Procedures
Typical commercial prices here match the fair market benchmark (1.00×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis prices routine shoppable procedures near 8.1× Medicare (p50 1.00×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 18.0× Medicare (p75 1.28×, +28% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 0.78× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 0% of shoppable procedures (25/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (54/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 10.1× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (11.7×) & laboratory (16.1×) services average 2.22× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (8.1×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.28×) jump +28% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 1.00×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 11.1× Medicare (14¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 80 published procedures.
| Procedure & Billing Code | This Hospital | vs. Fair |
|---|---|---|
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) CPT Code: 74177 | $4,897 | unverified |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) CPT Code: 74176 | $4,409 | unverified |
| MRI, brain (with and without contrast) CPT Code: 70553 | $3,959 | unverified |
| CT scan, head (with contrast) CPT Code: 70460 | $3,525 | unverified |
| MRI, brain (no contrast) CPT Code: 70551 | $3,257 | unverified |
| MRI, lower back (no contrast) CPT Code: 72148 | $3,058 | unverified |
| CT scan, head (with and without contrast) CPT Code: 70470 | $2,603 | unverified |
| CT scan, sinuses CPT Code: 70486 | $2,304 | unverified |
| CT scan, neck (cervical spine) CPT Code: 72125 | $2,262 | unverified |
| CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine) CPT Code: 72131 | $2,246 | unverified |
| MRI, knee or other leg joint CPT Code: 73721 | $2,150 | unverified |
| CT scan, head (no contrast) CPT Code: 70450 | $2,046 | unverified |
| CT scan, chest (no contrast) CPT Code: 71250 | $2,011 | unverified |
| CT scan, pelvis CPT Code: 72192 | $2,033 | unverified |
| Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) CPT Code: 93306 | $1,114 | 1.9× |
| Ultrasound, pelvis CPT Code: 76856 | $859 | unverified |
| Blood transfusion CPT Code: 36430 | $819 | 1.6× |
| Ultrasound, abdomen (complete) CPT Code: 76700 | $778 | unverified |
| Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) CPT Code: 93970 | $541 | 2.0× |
| Ultrasound, abdomen (limited) CPT Code: 76705 | $541 | unverified |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) CPT Code: 99214 | $521 | unverified |
| Diagnostic mammogram (both breasts) CPT Code: 77066 | $469 | 3.2× |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) CPT Code: 99213 | $474 | unverified |
| Physical therapy (neuromuscular re-education) CPT Code: 97112 | $407 | unverified |
| Ultrasound, thyroid and neck CPT Code: 76536 | $293 | 2.2× |
Audit a Bill or Quote at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis (Zero PHI Required)
Above Standard 400% FPL Financial-Assistance Ceiling
At 274% FPL, you exceed the standard 400% FPL tier, though medical-hardship caps (when bills exceed 10% of annual income) may still apply.
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $4,897 (vs. $4,897 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $448 Fair BaseRate ($356 Medicare)
Your bill ($4,897) is $4,449 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($448) and 13.8× the $356 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Public IRS & CMS ownership records classify Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis as a non-501(c)(3) facility. Federal 26 U.S.C. § 501(r) statutory charity-care caps apply specifically to tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals, though state hospital fair-pricing statutes and prompt-pay self-pay discounts may still apply.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
2D regional comparison of commercial negotiated price index against CMS clinical quality composite for Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St Louis.
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.