Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic 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.

$293.90 with Aetna vs $489.84 with Anthem Alliance — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $293.90
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $354.89
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $357.58
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $372.28
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $416.36
Essence Essence $489.84
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $489.84
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $489.84
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $489.84
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $489.84
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $489.84
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $489.84
Blue Access Blue Access $489.84
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $489.84
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $489.84
Buchheit Buchheit $489.84
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $489.84
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
City of Springfield City of Springfield $489.84
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $489.84
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $489.84
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $489.84
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $489.84
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $489.84
Evolutions Evolutions $489.84
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $489.84
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $489.84
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $489.84
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $489.84
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $489.84
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $489.84
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $489.84
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $489.84
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $489.84
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $489.84
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $489.84
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $489.84
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $489.84
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $489.84
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $489.84
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $489.84
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $489.84
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $489.84
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $489.84
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $489.84
Missouri State University Missouri State University $489.84
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $489.84
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $489.84
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $489.84
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $489.84
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $489.84
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $489.84
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $489.84
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $489.84
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $489.84
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $489.84
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $489.84
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $489.84
ShineSolar ShineSolar $489.84
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $489.84
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $489.84
Trailiner Trailiner $489.84
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $489.84
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $489.84
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $489.84
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $489.84
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $489.84
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $489.84
United Healthcare United Healthcare $489.84
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $489.84
Medica Medica $489.84
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $489.84
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $489.84
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $489.84

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Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $313.30 $87.04 – $909.15
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $399.75 $590.36 – $909.15
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $338.65 $78.58 – $728.94
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $3,065.25 $56.15 – $4,536.18

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