Contrast x-ray of brain 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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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.

$59.23 with Multiplan vs $828.27 with United — 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
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $59.23
CorVel Corporation KSWC $70.34
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $72.19
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $73.30
United KSMGMCD $84.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $84.43
HealthyBlue MGMCD $86.12
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $86.96
Unicare MGMCD $87.81
Aetna Better Health MCD $87.81
BCBS BlueAccess $171.22
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $171.22
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $171.22
Aetna IVLHIX $277.99
Aetna KCCarePlus $290.35
United MOMGMCD $304.45
Home State Health Plan MCD $319.67
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $326.74
Aetna Local $389.19
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $426.64
Aetna National $477.74
Cigna LocalKC $508.55
Cigna Comm $634.84
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27

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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Kansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth South Overland Park Overland Park not published $68.85 – $981.87
Adventhealth Ottawa Ottawa not published $68.85 – $981.87
Adventhealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission not published $68.85 – $981.87
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita not published $181.65 – $924.78
Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) Wamego not published $58.23 – $3,897.14
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan not published $58.23 – $3,213.56
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) Wichita not published $206.01 – $924.78
Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc. Wichita not published $206.01 – $924.78

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