Cardiac MRI Cost in Saint Louis, MO (2026)

Prices at 4 hospitals in Saint Louis, MO, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,294 — 19% below the US median ($1,598), roughly 4.0× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Mercy Hospital South	Saint Louis, MO	$525	$386	★ 2/5	254 min	—
Missouri Baptist Medical Center	Saint Louis, MO	$693	$793	★ 5/5	262 min	—
Mercy Hospital St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	$1,896	$386	★ 4/5	220 min	—
St Louis Childrens Hospital	Saint Louis, MO	$3,257	$3,506	—	—	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated September 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$2,036

Cash / self-pay

$1,294

Insurer-negotiated

$589

Medicare pays

$322

$575$2,849

Median cash $1,294 · Medicare $322 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,294 — about 4.0× the Medicare rate ($322). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($645).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,036 list price could save about $741 (36%).

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Doctors who perform this in Saint Louis

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Cylen Javidan-Nejad, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	35
Scott Bugenhagen, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	27
Kacie Kuykendall, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	26
Fernando Gutierrez, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	23
Kaitlin Marquis, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	18
Mark Wittry, MD	Nuclear Medicine	Saint Louis, MO	14

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