Myelography neck spine at Adventhealth Ottawa
1301 S Main Street, Ottawa, KS · AdventHealth · · NPI 1972063758
$4,918.89
Cash price 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.
$4,918.89
Gross charge 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.
$109.97 with Aetna vs $1,287.32 with Unitedhealthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $109.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $737.18 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Pos | $981.87 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Hmo | $1,055.77 | ↓ -79% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | Ambetter Exchange | $1,127.89 | ↓ -77% |
| Oscar | Individual Plan Hmo | $1,253.21 | ↓ -75% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $1,287.32 | ↓ -74% |
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Myelography neck spine at other Kansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Shawnee Mission | Shawnee Mission | $4,918.89 | $109.97 – $2,152.32 |
| Mercy Hospital Pittsburg | Pittsburg | $2,527.85 | $61.19 – $3,307.28 |
| Adventhealth South Overland Park | Overland Park | $4,918.89 | $109.97 – $2,152.32 |
| Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. | Wichita | not published | $134.27 – $2,045.85 |
| Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) | Wamego | not published | $36.10 – $3,897.14 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc | Manhattan | not published | $36.10 – $3,213.56 |
| Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) | Wichita | not published | $212.82 – $2,045.85 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc. | Wichita | not published | $212.82 – $2,045.85 |