X-ray thoracic spine 3 views 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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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.

$176.67 with Aetna vs $294.45 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 $176.67
Blue Preferred Blue Preferred $213.33
FirstHealth Network FirstHealth Network $214.95
Traditional Anthem BCBS Traditional Anthem BCBS $223.78
HealthLink WorkComp HealthLink WorkComp $250.28
Essence Essence $294.45
Allwell from Home State Health Allwell from Home State Health $294.45
AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) AllyAlign Health (NHC Advantage) $294.45
AmBetter from Home State Health AmBetter from Home State Health $294.45
Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) $294.45
Ava R1 School District (SMBC) Ava R1 School District (SMBC) $294.45
Bakersfield School District (SMBC) Bakersfield School District (SMBC) $294.45
Blue Access Blue Access $294.45
Blue Cross Medicare Blue Cross Medicare $294.45
Bolivar School (SMBC) Bolivar School (SMBC) $294.45
Buchheit Buchheit $294.45
CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) CIGNA HMO (includes Open Access Plus) $294.45
Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Cardinal Scale (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Carthage R-9 School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
City of Springfield City of Springfield $294.45
City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) City of Webb City (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
Devoted Healthcare Devoted Healthcare $294.45
Diversified Plastics Diversified Plastics $294.45
Dora School District (SMBC) Dora School District (SMBC) $294.45
Easter Seals Midwest Easter Seals Midwest $294.45
Employers Benefit Alliance Employers Benefit Alliance $294.45
Evolutions Evolutions $294.45
Fabick CAT Fabick CAT $294.45
Fair Grove School District (SMBC) Fair Grove School District (SMBC) $294.45
Health Net Federal Services Health Net Federal Services $294.45
Health Systems, Inc. Health Systems, Inc. $294.45
HealthLink HMO HealthLink HMO $294.45
HealthLink PPO HealthLink PPO $294.45
Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) Healthy Blue Medicaid (Anthem) $294.45
Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) Heart of America (Tri State Healthcare Coalition – Med Pay) $294.45
Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) Hickory County Skyline School District (SMBC) $294.45
Home State Health Plan, Inc. Home State Health Plan, Inc. $294.45
Humana-Commercial products Humana-Commercial products $294.45
Humana-Medicare products Humana-Medicare products $294.45
J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) J and M Farms, Inc. (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Jayhawk Fine Chemicals/Evonic(Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) Laclede County School District Conway (SMBC) $294.45
Lebanon School District (SMBC) Lebanon School District (SMBC) $294.45
Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) Liberty Utilities (Empire District Electric) $294.45
MERS Goodwill MERS Goodwill $294.45
Marshfield School District (SMBC) Marshfield School District (SMBC) $294.45
Mercy Charity Contract Mercy Charity Contract $294.45
Missouri Medicaid Missouri Medicaid $294.45
Missouri Medicaid Pending Missouri Medicaid Pending $294.45
Missouri State University Missouri State University $294.45
Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) Mount Vernon School District (SMBC) $294.45
Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) Mountain Grove R-111 School District (SMBC) $294.45
Mountain View School District (SMBC) Mountain View School District (SMBC) $294.45
Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street Multiplan/PHCS/Beech Street $294.45
Ozarks Community Hospital Ozarks Community Hospital $294.45
PHCS Savility PHCS Savility $294.45
Pathway/Pathway X Pathway/Pathway X $294.45
Quality Collisson Group Quality Collisson Group $294.45
QuikTrip Corporation QuikTrip Corporation $294.45
Richards R-V School District (SMBC) Richards R-V School District (SMBC) $294.45
Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) Roper Automotive Group (Tri State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
S and H Farm Supply S and H Farm Supply $294.45
Schreiber Foods Schreiber Foods $294.45
ShineSolar ShineSolar $294.45
Springfield Public Schools Springfield Public Schools $294.45
Springfield Remanufacturing Springfield Remanufacturing $294.45
Trailiner Trailiner $294.45
United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid United Community Plan – Missouri Medicaid $294.45
United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan United HealthCare Veterans Affairs Community Care Plan $294.45
United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage United Healthcare – Medicare Advantage $294.45
Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR Wal Mart Accountable Care Plan – UMR $294.45
Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) Webb City R-VII School District (Tri-State Healthcare Coalition) $294.45
WellCare Health Plans WellCare Health Plans $294.45
United Healthcare United Healthcare $294.45
Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. $294.45
Medica Medica $294.45
CIGNA PPO CIGNA PPO $294.45
Aetna Medicare Aetna Medicare $294.45
Anthem Alliance Anthem Alliance $294.45

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X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $332.15 $28.00 – $139.62
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $373.10 $67.84 – $139.62
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $249.60 $24.14 – $139.62
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $419.90 $60.65 – $671.83
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter $295.75 $90.66 – $671.83
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $469.30 $24.14 – $455.25

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