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Doctor visits and therapy CPT 96413 Outpatient

Chemotherapy infusion cost in St. Louis, MO

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 14 hospitals list a cash price for chemotherapy IV infusion, first hour: from $240.50 to $1,521.76, with a median of $502.75. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital South — $262.25 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $433.00 at 60 hospitals.

  • The median here, $502.75, is 16% below the US median of $596.05.
  • That is 1.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($337.46).
  • St. Louis, MO has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Missouri with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
  • 1 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 12 cities for code 96413, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 6, 2026 and Jun 10, 2026.

Lowest$240.50Mercy Hospital South
Median$502.75half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,521.76in this market
Difference6.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $240.50Highest $1,521.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mercy Hospital South lowest Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Chemo IV Infusion Sgl/Init<1hr File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $240.50 $370.00 $24.05–$370.00 35%
Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO · (636) 239-8000 Chemo IV Infusion Sgl/Init<1hr File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $313.30 $482.00 $324.55–$413.55 35%
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Chemo IV Infusion Sgl/Init<1hr File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $319.15 $491.00 $31.92–$491.00 35%
Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO · (636) 933-1000 Chemo IV Infusion Sgl/Init<1hr File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $344.50 $530.00 $34.45–$530.00 35%
Community Hospital of Staunton Staunton, IL · (618) 635-2200 CHEMO IV INFUSION 1ST HR File of Feb 9, 2026 · source file $381.35 $762.70 $220.51–$924.00 50%
Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 251-6000 Chemo IV Infusion Sgl/Init<1hr File of Jun 4, 2026 · source file $431.60 $664.00 $866.00–$1,064.00 35%
St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL · (618) 234-2120 HC CHEMO IV INFUSION SGL/INIT<1H File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $489.60 $680.00 $190.40–$879.44 28%
Carlinville Area Hospital Carlinville, IL · (217) 854-3141 CHEMO IV INFUSION UP TO ONE HOUR File of Mar 21, 2026 · source file $515.90 $737.00 $265.32–$1,052.86 30%
Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL · (618) 288-5711 CHEMO IV INFUSION 1ST HR File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file $642.65 $1,285.30 $150.54–$1,156.77 50%
St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 HC CHEMO IV INFUSION SGL/INIT<1H File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $671.04 $932.00 $186.40–$932.00 28%
Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 HC CHEMO IV INFUSION SGL/INIT<1H File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $727.92 $1,011.00 $268.08–$1,011.00 28%
St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC CHEMO IV INFUSION SGL/INIT<1H File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $806.40 $1,120.00 $255.32–$1,120.00 28%
Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 CHEMO IV INFU 1ST HR File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $826.27 $1,377.11 $1,377.11 40%
Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 432-3600 CHEMO IV INFUSION 1 HR File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file $1,521.76 $1,521.76 $100.36–$580.46 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $240.50, median $502.75, highest $1,521.76 — a 6.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $656.85. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 13 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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