Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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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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.

$161.32 with Aetna vs $268.86 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 $161.32
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $194.79
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $196.27
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $204.33
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $228.53
Essence Essence $268.86
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $268.86
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $268.86
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $268.86
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $268.86
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $268.86
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $268.86
Blue Access Blue Access $268.86
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $268.86
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $268.86
Buchheit Buchheit $268.86
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $268.86
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
City of Springfield City of Springfield $268.86
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $268.86
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $268.86
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $268.86
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $268.86
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $268.86
Evolutions Evolutions $268.86
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $268.86
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $268.86
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $268.86
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $268.86
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $268.86
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $268.86
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $268.86
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $268.86
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $268.86
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $268.86
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $268.86
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $268.86
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $268.86
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $268.86
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $268.86
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $268.86
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $268.86
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $268.86
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $268.86
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $268.86
Missouri State University Missouri State University $268.86
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $268.86
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $268.86
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $268.86
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $268.86
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $268.86
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $268.86
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $268.86
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $268.86
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $268.86
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $268.86
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $268.86
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $268.86
ShineSolar ShineSolar $268.86
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $268.86
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $268.86
Trailiner Trailiner $268.86
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $268.86
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $268.86
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $268.86
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $268.86
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $268.86
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $268.86
United Healthcare United Healthcare $268.86
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $268.86
Medica Medica $268.86
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $268.86
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $268.86
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $268.86

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $104.00 $22.00 – $51.53
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $135.20 $38.21 – $53.46
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $92.30 $32.15 – $141.68
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $219.05 $24.69 – $240.01
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $145.60 $22.00 – $162.09

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