$650k+ Compensation Package | OBGYN with Mercy Southeast in Cape Girardeau, MO
MObstetrics & GynecologyCape Girardeau, Missouri1mo ago
$450,000 Listed on official posting
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$650k+ Compensation Package | OBGYN with Mercy Southeast in Cape Girardeau, MO
$450,000Listed on official posting
Obstetrics & GynecologyFull-time1:6 call with OBGYN Hospitalist support for inpatient and emergencies
Overview
The package
AI-structuredMercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, MO is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible OBGYN to join a busy group practice offering a 2-year income guarantee of $450,000 plus a $200,000 recruitment incentive, with a 1:6 call schedule and comprehensive benefits including loan repayment and visa sponsorship.
- $450k/yr employer-posted compensation with hybrid structure
- $200,000 signing bonus disclosed
- $75,000 loan repayment support
- 1:6 call with OBGYN Hospitalist support for inpatient and emergencies
- 4 weeks PTO or vacation disclosed
Posted pay vs real comps
Posted pay
$400k$425k$490k
Posted pay Physician-reported range Reported median
The employer-posted range and what 74 physicians report earning (national cohort) are shown side by side below — compared, never blended into one number. Reported figures are total compensation; posted ranges are often base salary, so this comparison can read low.
Compensation
- Type
- Listed on official posting
- Job-specific pay
- $450,000
- Evidence
- upport staff focused on quality patient care. Mercy Clinic OBGYN Southeast: 2-year income guarantee of $450,000 with $200,000 recruitment incentive 1:6 Call Outstanding clinic space featuring a full Wom
- Observed
- 4 wk ago
- Structure
- hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $200,000
- Loan repayment
- $75,000
- PTO
- 4 weeks
Pay in context
Cape Girardeau, MissouriEmployer-posted pay shown next to what physicians report earning — compared, never blended, never scored one against the other.
Employer-posted pay
$450k/yr
Midpoint $450,000 · listed on official posting
Physician-reported median
$425k
74 physician reports · national cohort · total comp
Posted pay
$400k$425k$490k
Posted pay Physician-reported range Reported median
Reported pay is SalaryDr community data — total compensation, shown separately from the employer-posted range, which is often base salary only. We don't score one against the other because they measure different things.
Next steps
Employer
Mercy
Health system217 open roles
Trust state
Unclaimed profile
EHR
Not provided
Source
Official employer source
Facility & Community
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location enrichment pending
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Exact map coordinates are not attached to this source yet.
Facility
Hospital-based / clinic (Mercy Hospital Southeast)
Market
Missouri
Facility details
- Practice setting
- Employed group practice
- Facility type
- Hospital-based / clinic (Mercy Hospital Southeast)
- Beds
- 18
- Trauma level
- Level III NICU
- Patient population
- OB/GYN patients; neonatologist coverage for babies 28 weeks and above
Community snapshot
Peer median
$425k
74 reports · national
Active supply
8
1 in Cape Girardeau
Transparent pay
2/8
state roles with reviewed pay
Work-life
3.7/5
3 physician reports
Cost of living
92
below U.S. avg (100) · BEA Regional Price Parities
Schools
-0.3
grade levels vs U.S. avg · NAEP 2024
74 SalaryDr Obstetrics & Gynecology reports in national show a $425,000 median.
8 active Obstetrics & Gynecology roles in Missouri, including 1 in Cape Girardeau; 2 include reviewed transparent pay.
Physicians in this comparison cohort report 4.0/5 average job satisfaction.
Questions to ask the employer
- Is $450,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Is the $200,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
- How is the $75,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
Generated from this posting's disclosed facts and the SalaryDr comparison — bring them to the first recruiter call.
Work Design
- Call burden
- 1:6 call with OBGYN Hospitalist support for inpatient and emergencies
- Patient volume
- ~800 deliveries per year
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Both inpatient (labor & delivery, 18 private birthing suites, 2 OR suites on L&D) and outpatient clinic (full Women's Integrated Health program)
- Coverage model
- OBGYN Hospitalist support for inpatient and emergencies; 24/7 access to Mercy MFM for consults/transports; 24-hour in-house anesthesia
- Admin burden
- System-wide Epic EMR; occurrence-based malpractice plan; $5,000 annual CME allowance
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- No
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
- Visa sponsorship
- yes
- J-1 waiver
- Yes
- H-1B
- Yes
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- Listed on official posting
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 85%
Full description
Find your calling at Mercy!
Mercy Hospital Southeast is actively seeking a board certified or board eligible OBGYN physician to join our busy group practice at Mercy Southeast in Cape Girardeau, MO. Our Mercy Southeast OBGYN team is highly experienced with two physicians, three midwives, two advanced practitioners and an engaged support staff focused on quality patient care.
Mercy Clinic OBGYN Southeast:
2-year income guarantee of $450,000 with $200,000 recruitment incentive
1:6 Call
Outstanding clinic space featuring a full Women’s Integrated Health program with onsite Breast Health Services, diagnostic testing, and pelvic floor physical therapy.
2 ultrasounds in-clinic, with dedicated OBGYN sonographers.
2 procedure rooms in-clinic.
24/7 access to Mercy MFM for consults/transports.
Mercy Hospital Southeast:
Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by Newsweek!
We deliver about 800 babies each year in our birthing hospital and features a Level III NICU.
Neonatologist comfortable caring for most babies 28 weeks and above.
OBGYN Hospitalist support for inpatient and emergencies.
The Dennis B. Elrod OBGYN Center has 18 private birthing suites. You can give birth and recover in the same room. 2 OR suites on labor and delivery.
24-hour in-house anesthesia.
2 Di Vinci Robots.
System-wide Epic EMR.
This position offers:
2-year income guarantee of $450,000 with $200,000 recruitment incentive
Up to $75,000 in Student Loan Reimbursement
Up to $20,000 in relocation
Student Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
4 weeks’ vacation plus 6 holidays (while on guarantee)
Annual $5,000 CME allowance
Comprehensive, day one benefits including health, dental, vision and life
Retirement (401k/403b/457b) plan
Occurrence-based malpractice plan
H1B and J1Visa Candidates are accepted
Welcome to Cape Girardeau, Missouri:
Cape Girardeau: Where the Mississippi meets small-town charm — with vibrant downtown shops, mouthwatering cuisine, Division 1 sports, and Missouri’s #1 golf course all right in your backyard!
Your life is our life’s workAt Mercy, you can lead the way. Join a team where your passion for patient care meets cutting-edge innovation. As part of an organization rooted in nearly 200 years of compassionate service, you’ll help deliver transformative health care experiences while exploring new technologies and shaping the future of medicine. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to physician leadership—from the highest levels of our organization to the front lines of care—where physicians and caregivers collaborate, embrace fresh thinking, and drive clinical and operational excellence. If making a difference in your community is why you chose health care, Mercy is where your purpose meets possibility.
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