Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with 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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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.

$208.65 with Aetna vs $347.75 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 $208.65
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $251.94
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $253.86
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $264.29
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $295.59
Essence Essence $347.75
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $347.75
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $347.75
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $347.75
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $347.75
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $347.75
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $347.75
Blue Access Blue Access $347.75
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $347.75
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $347.75
Buchheit Buchheit $347.75
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $347.75
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
City of Springfield City of Springfield $347.75
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $347.75
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $347.75
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $347.75
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $347.75
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $347.75
Evolutions Evolutions $347.75
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $347.75
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $347.75
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $347.75
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $347.75
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $347.75
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $347.75
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $347.75
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $347.75
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $347.75
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $347.75
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $347.75
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $347.75
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $347.75
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $347.75
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $347.75
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $347.75
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $347.75
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $347.75
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $347.75
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $347.75
Missouri State University Missouri State University $347.75
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $347.75
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $347.75
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $347.75
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $347.75
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $347.75
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $347.75
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $347.75
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $347.75
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $347.75
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $347.75
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $347.75
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $347.75
ShineSolar ShineSolar $347.75
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $347.75
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $347.75
Trailiner Trailiner $347.75
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $347.75
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $347.75
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $347.75
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $347.75
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $347.75
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $347.75
United Healthcare United Healthcare $347.75
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $347.75
Medica Medica $347.75
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $347.75
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $347.75
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $347.75

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $91.65 $11.00 – $51.53
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $121.55 $35.44 – $51.53
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $94.90 $15.27 – $136.38
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $226.20 $24.69 – $240.01
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $129.35 $11.00 – $183.97

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