1 pc ost pouch w filter at MENORAH MEDICAL CENTER

5721 W 119th St, Overland Park, KS · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1255378337

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 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.

$0.39 with Anthem MissouriCare vs $7.13 with Pyramid Life — 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
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $0.39
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.60
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $0.69
United OptionsPPO $0.75
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $0.78
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.90
BCBS FreedomNetwork $1.20
BCBS PC $1.20
Coventry WCOMP $1.21
Aetna FHMedicalRental $1.21
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $1.23
BCBS Participating $1.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1.35
BCBS Traditional $1.35
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $1.50
Aetna NATIONALNAP $1.53
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $2.22
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $2.25
CCO, Inc. COMM $2.25
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $2.25
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $2.40
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $2.40
BCBS MCRHMO $6.59
BCBS MCRPPO $6.59
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $6.59
BCBS TRICARE $6.66
Humana PFFS $6.66
Humana MGMCRHMO $6.66
Humana MGMCRPPO $6.66
United VACCN $6.66
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.66
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.66
Celtic MCR $6.79
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.79
United MGMCR $6.79
Wellcare MCR $6.79
Pyramid Life MCR $7.13

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1 pc ost pouch w filter at other Kansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SHAWNEE $3.00 $6.59 – $7.13
Adventhealth Ottawa Ottawa not published $5.80 – $5.80

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