MRI of the neck (cervical spine) with and without contrast Cost in Saint Louis, MO

Prices at 6 hospitals in Saint Louis, MO, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $2,940 — 12% above the US median ($2,627), roughly 9.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Missouri Baptist Medical Center	Saint Louis, MO	$1,907	$1,663	★ 5/5	252 min	14.8%
Christian Hospital Northeast	Saint Louis, MO	$1,907	$1,748	★ 4/5	223 min	14.7%
Mercy Hospital South	Saint Louis, MO	$2,679	$594	★ 2/5	246 min	15.8%
Mercy Hospital St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	$3,200	$594	★ 4/5	217 min	15.1%
St Louis Childrens Hospital	Saint Louis, MO	$4,679	$5,116	—	—	—
Shriners Hospitals for Children	Saint Louis, MO	$11,218	$449	—	—	—

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 July 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)

$4,523

Cash / self-pay

$2,940

Insurer-negotiated

$1,128

Medicare pays

$318

$1,907$7,948

Median cash $2,940 · Medicare $318 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $2,940 — about 9.2× the Medicare rate ($318). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($636).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $4,523 list price could save about $1,583 (35%).

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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
Shamseldeen Mahmoud, M.D	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	61
Liang Wang, MD PHD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	51
Katie Vo, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	44
Thomas Kim, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	40
Matthew Glasser, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	38
Parisa Mazaheri, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	36
Martin Reis, MD	Nuclear Medicine	Saint Louis, MO	33
William Holloway, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	31
Michelle Miller-Thomas, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	30
Joshua Shimony, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	29
Gloria Guzman Perez-Carrillo, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	26
Cyrus Raji, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Saint Louis, MO	26

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