Office visit, new patient (level 3) Cost in Saint Louis, MO

Prices at 4 hospitals in Saint Louis, MO, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $215 — 13% above the US median ($189), roughly 1.8× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Mercy Hospital St Louis	Saint Louis, MO	$173	$89	★ 4/5	220 min	—
Mercy Hospital South	Saint Louis, MO	$189	$105	★ 2/5	254 min	—
Missouri Baptist Medical Center	Saint Louis, MO	$240	$72	★ 5/5	262 min	—
Shriners Hospitals for Children	Saint Louis, MO	$481	$66	—	—	—

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 October 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)

$346

Cash / self-pay

$215

Insurer-negotiated

$81

Medicare pays

$118

$178$409

Median cash $215 · Medicare $118 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $215 — about 1.8× the Medicare rate ($118). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($235).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $346 list price could save about $131 (38%).

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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
Elizabeth Rancour, MD	Dermatology	Saint Louis, MO	292
Kenan Sahbaz, FNP	Nurse Practitioner	Saint Louis, MO	280
Richard Sommerville, MD	Neurology	Saint Louis, MO	230
Stephen Sehy, DPM	Podiatry	Saint Louis, MO	198
Christie Lynch, DPM	Podiatry	Saint Louis, MO	187
Zachary Douglas, MD	Otolaryngology	Saint Louis, MO	187
Hugo Villarreal, M.D.	Gastroenterology	Saint Louis, MO	187
Urvi Patel, MD	Dermatology	Saint Louis, MO	186
Syed Rizvi, DPM	Podiatry	Saint Louis, MO	173
Julia Partin, DPM	Podiatry	Saint Louis, MO	167
David Strege, M.D.	Hand Surgery	Saint Louis, MO	162
Mary Noel George, MD	Dermatology	Saint Louis, MO	161

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