Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Springfield

5904 S Southwood Road, Springfield, MO · Mercy · · NPI 1871928473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

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Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$596.78 with Aetna vs $994.64 with Aetna Medicare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Aetna/ Managed Choice POS Elect Choice and PPO Products $596.78
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $720.62
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $726.09
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $755.93
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $845.44
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $994.64
Essence Essence $994.64
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $994.64
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $994.64
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $994.64
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $994.64
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $994.64
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $994.64
Blue Access Blue Access $994.64
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $994.64
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $994.64
Buchheit Buchheit $994.64
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $994.64
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
City of Springfield City of Springfield $994.64
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $994.64
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $994.64
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $994.64
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $994.64
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $994.64
Evolutions Evolutions $994.64
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $994.64
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $994.64
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $994.64
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $994.64
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $994.64
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $994.64
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $994.64
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $994.64
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $994.64
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $994.64
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $994.64
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $994.64
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $994.64
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $994.64
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $994.64
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $994.64
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $994.64
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $994.64
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $994.64
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $994.64
Missouri State University Missouri State University $994.64
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $994.64
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $994.64
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $994.64
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $994.64
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $994.64
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $994.64
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $994.64
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $994.64
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $994.64
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $994.64
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $994.64
ShineSolar ShineSolar $994.64
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $994.64
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $994.64
Trailiner Trailiner $994.64
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $994.64
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $994.64
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $994.64
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $994.64
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $994.64
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $994.64
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $994.64
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $994.64
United Healthcare United Healthcare $994.64
Medica Medica $994.64
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $994.64
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $994.64

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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,314.65 $206.69 – $468.85
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,800.20 $426.23 – $468.85
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $2,827.50 $183.49 – $1,825.49
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,919.80 $230.63 – $2,241.93
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $1,561.95 $304.45 – $2,241.93
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,779.40 $180.07 – $1,942.58
Mercy Primary Care - Bernie Bernie $138.75 $101.96 – $185.00

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