Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$100.12 with Aetna vs $166.87 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 $100.12
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $120.90
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $121.82
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $126.82
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $141.84
Essence Essence $166.87
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $166.87
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $166.87
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $166.87
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $166.87
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $166.87
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $166.87
Blue Access Blue Access $166.87
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $166.87
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $166.87
Buchheit Buchheit $166.87
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $166.87
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
City of Springfield City of Springfield $166.87
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $166.87
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $166.87
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $166.87
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $166.87
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $166.87
Evolutions Evolutions $166.87
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $166.87
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $166.87
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $166.87
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $166.87
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $166.87
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $166.87
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $166.87
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $166.87
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $166.87
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $166.87
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $166.87
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $166.87
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $166.87
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $166.87
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $166.87
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $166.87
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $166.87
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $166.87
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $166.87
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $166.87
Missouri State University Missouri State University $166.87
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $166.87
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $166.87
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $166.87
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $166.87
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $166.87
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $166.87
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $166.87
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $166.87
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $166.87
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $166.87
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $166.87
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $166.87
ShineSolar ShineSolar $166.87
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $166.87
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $166.87
Trailiner Trailiner $166.87
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $166.87
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $166.87
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $166.87
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $166.87
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $166.87
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $166.87
United Healthcare United Healthcare $166.87
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $166.87
Medica Medica $166.87
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $166.87
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $166.87
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $166.87

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Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $71.50 $6.18 – $8.30
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $90.35 $5.99 – $8.49
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $83.20 $5.33 – $22.18
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $106.60 $5.39 – $21.52
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $106.60 $5.39 – $20.97
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $83.20 $4.56 – $35.08

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