Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$1,289.44

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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$1,289.44

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.

$24.41 with Cigna vs $1,031.55 with Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health — 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
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $24.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalKC $29.41 ↓ -98%
United KSMGMCD $30.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.47 ↓ -98%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $31.08 ↓ -98%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $31.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $31.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.69 ↓ -98%
Unicare MGMCD $31.69 ↓ -98%
United MOMGMCD $33.46 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -97%
Home State Health Plan MCD $35.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna Comm $36.61 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $63.85 ↓ -95%
Humana POS $63.94 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $63.94 ↓ -95%
Humana EPO $63.94 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $63.94 ↓ -95%
Humana ASO $63.94 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation KSWC $75.82 ↓ -94%
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $77.81 ↓ -94%
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $79.01 ↓ -94%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $88.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAccess $88.18 ↓ -93%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $88.18 ↓ -93%
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $167.63 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $239.84 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $244.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCR $244.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage MGMCD $244.99 ↓ -81%
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $257.89 ↓ -80%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $296.57 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $323.65 ↓ -75%
Aetna IVLHIX $394.57 ↓ -69%
Aetna KCCarePlus $424.23 ↓ -67%
Universal Healthcare MCR $451.30 ↓ -65%
Aetna Local $506.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $515.78 ↓ -60%
BCBS PC $515.78 ↓ -60%
Coventry WCOMP $518.35 ↓ -60%
Aetna FHMedicalRental $518.35 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $528.67 ↓ -59%
College Park Family Care Center COMM $554.46 ↓ -57%
BCBS Participating $580.25 ↓ -55%
BCBS Traditional $580.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $580.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna National $620.22 ↓ -52%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $644.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna NATIONALNAP $657.61 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $683.40 ↓ -47%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $838.14 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $954.19 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $967.08 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $967.08 ↓ -25%
CCO, Inc. COMM $967.08 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $967.08 ↓ -25%
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,031.55 ↓ -20%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Kansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth South Overland Park Overland Park not published $14.21 – $102.55
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan $48.40 $21.83 – $108.90
OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SHAWNEE $449.37 $24.41 – $88.18
Adventhealth Ottawa Ottawa not published $14.21 – $86.03
Adventhealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission not published $14.21 – $102.55
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita not published $36.30 – $115.08
Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) Wamego not published $21.83 – $114.15
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) Wichita not published $36.30 – $115.08

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