Brain MRI (with 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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Discounted cash price

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$2,185.26 with Aetna vs $3,642.10 with Anthem Alliance — 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 $2,185.26
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $2,638.70
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $2,658.73
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $2,768.00
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $3,095.79
Essence Essence $3,642.10
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $3,642.10
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $3,642.10
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $3,642.10
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $3,642.10
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Blue Access Blue Access $3,642.10
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $3,642.10
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $3,642.10
Buchheit Buchheit $3,642.10
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $3,642.10
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
City of Springfield City of Springfield $3,642.10
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $3,642.10
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $3,642.10
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $3,642.10
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $3,642.10
Evolutions Evolutions $3,642.10
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $3,642.10
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $3,642.10
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $3,642.10
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $3,642.10
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $3,642.10
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $3,642.10
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $3,642.10
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $3,642.10
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $3,642.10
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $3,642.10
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $3,642.10
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $3,642.10
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $3,642.10
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $3,642.10
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $3,642.10
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $3,642.10
Missouri State University Missouri State University $3,642.10
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $3,642.10
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $3,642.10
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $3,642.10
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $3,642.10
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $3,642.10
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $3,642.10
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $3,642.10
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $3,642.10
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $3,642.10
ShineSolar ShineSolar $3,642.10
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $3,642.10
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $3,642.10
Trailiner Trailiner $3,642.10
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $3,642.10
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $3,642.10
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $3,642.10
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $3,642.10
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $3,642.10
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $3,642.10
United Healthcare United Healthcare $3,642.10
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $3,642.10
Medica Medica $3,642.10
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $3,642.10
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $3,642.10
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $3,642.10

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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,364.70 $206.69 – $468.85
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,543.45 $426.23 – $468.85
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $2,264.60 $162.10 – $1,611.03
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $1,823.90 $158.28 – $2,241.93
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $1,450.15 $159.07 – $2,241.93
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,635.10 $159.07 – $1,722.45

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