Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (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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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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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.

$373.08 with Aetna vs $621.80 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

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 $373.08
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $450.49
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $453.91
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $472.57
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $528.53
Essence Essence $621.80
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $621.80
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $621.80
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $621.80
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $621.80
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $621.80
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $621.80
Blue Access Blue Access $621.80
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $621.80
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $621.80
Buchheit Buchheit $621.80
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $621.80
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
City of Springfield City of Springfield $621.80
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $621.80
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $621.80
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $621.80
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $621.80
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $621.80
Evolutions Evolutions $621.80
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $621.80
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $621.80
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $621.80
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $621.80
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $621.80
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $621.80
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $621.80
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $621.80
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $621.80
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $621.80
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $621.80
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $621.80
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $621.80
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $621.80
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $621.80
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $621.80
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $621.80
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $621.80
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $621.80
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $621.80
Missouri State University Missouri State University $621.80
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $621.80
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $621.80
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $621.80
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $621.80
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $621.80
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $621.80
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $621.80
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $621.80
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $621.80
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $621.80
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $621.80
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $621.80
ShineSolar ShineSolar $621.80
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $621.80
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $621.80
Trailiner Trailiner $621.80
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $621.80
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $621.80
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $621.80
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $621.80
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $621.80
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $621.80
United Healthcare United Healthcare $621.80
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $621.80
Medica Medica $621.80
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $621.80
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $621.80
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $621.80

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $2,003.30 $131.00 – $317.33
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $2,042.95 $288.48 – $317.33
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $1,794.00 $105.48 – $1,043.12
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $2,286.05 $157.73 – $1,533.30
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $1,337.70 $206.06 – $1,533.30
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $2,731.30 $104.25 – $1,106.08

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