Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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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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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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.

$6.17 with Aetna vs $10.29 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 $6.17
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $7.46
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $7.51
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $7.82
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $8.75
Essence Essence $10.29
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $10.29
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $10.29
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $10.29
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $10.29
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $10.29
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $10.29
Blue Access Blue Access $10.29
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $10.29
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $10.29
Buchheit Buchheit $10.29
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $10.29
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
City of Springfield City of Springfield $10.29
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $10.29
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $10.29
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $10.29
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $10.29
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $10.29
Evolutions Evolutions $10.29
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $10.29
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $10.29
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $10.29
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $10.29
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $10.29
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $10.29
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $10.29
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $10.29
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $10.29
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $10.29
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $10.29
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $10.29
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $10.29
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $10.29
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $10.29
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $10.29
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $10.29
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $10.29
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $10.29
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $10.29
Missouri State University Missouri State University $10.29
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $10.29
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $10.29
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $10.29
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $10.29
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $10.29
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $10.29
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $10.29
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $10.29
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $10.29
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $10.29
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $10.29
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $10.29
ShineSolar ShineSolar $10.29
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $10.29
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $10.29
Trailiner Trailiner $10.29
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $10.29
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $10.29
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $10.29
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $10.29
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $10.29
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $10.29
United Healthcare United Healthcare $10.29
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $10.29
Medica Medica $10.29
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $10.29
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $10.29
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $10.29

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $44.20 $2.70 – $3.83
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $41.60 $2.40 – $10.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $67.60 $2.43 – $9.70
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $67.60 $2.43 – $9.45
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $53.30 $2.06 – $15.80

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