Smear gram stain at MENORAH MEDICAL CENTER
5721 W 119th St, Overland Park, KS · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1255378337
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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.
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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.
$2.17 with Cigna vs $249.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $2.17 | — |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $2.61 | — |
| Cigna | Comm | $3.25 | — |
| United | MOMGMCD | $3.84 | — |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $4.03 | — |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $4.03 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $4.23 | — |
| Coventry | MedicareAdvantage | $4.23 | — |
| BCBS | MCRHMO | $4.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4.27 | — |
| Humana | PFFS | $4.27 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRHMO | $4.27 | — |
| Humana | MGMCRPPO | $4.27 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $4.27 | — |
| United | VACCN | $4.27 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.27 | — |
| United | KSMGMCD | $4.27 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $4.36 | — |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $4.36 | — |
| Cigna | HealthspringMGMCR | $4.36 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $4.36 | — |
| Celtic | MCR | $4.36 | — |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $4.40 | — |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $4.44 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $4.44 | — |
| BCBS | TRICARE | $4.46 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $4.46 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MCR | $4.57 | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | $5.76 | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | $6.02 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $6.49 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $7.78 | — |
| Aetna | Local | $8.07 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $8.79 | — |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $8.79 | — |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $8.79 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | KSWC | $9.24 | — |
| Multiplan | WCOMPKansas | $9.49 | — |
| OHA Network | KansasWCOMP | $9.63 | — |
| Aetna | National | $9.91 | — |
| Humana | POS | $10.45 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $10.45 | — |
| Humana | EPO | $10.45 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $10.45 | — |
| Humana | ASO | $10.45 | — |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $40.46 | — |
| Ambetter | Commercial-Exchange | $57.89 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $59.14 | — |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $59.14 | — |
| WPPA ProviDrs Care Network | UnifiedHealthPlan | $62.25 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $71.59 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $78.12 | — |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $108.94 | — |
| BCBS | PC | $124.50 | — |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $124.50 | — |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $125.12 | — |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $125.12 | — |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $127.61 | — |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $133.84 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $140.06 | — |
| BCBS | Participating | $140.06 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $140.06 | — |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $155.63 | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | $158.74 | — |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $164.96 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $202.31 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $230.32 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $233.44 | — |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $233.44 | — |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $233.44 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $249.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear gram stain at other Kansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth South Overland Park | Overland Park | $193.80 | $1.79 – $12.38 |
| Adventhealth Ottawa | Ottawa | $193.80 | $1.79 – $15.15 |
| Adventhealth Shawnee Mission | Shawnee Mission | $193.80 | $1.79 – $12.38 |
| Mercy Hospital Pittsburg | Pittsburg | $53.30 | $3.80 – $23.34 |
| Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) | Wamego | $39.60 | $4.27 – $54.90 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc | Manhattan | $39.60 | $3.87 – $49.50 |
| Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. | Wichita | not published | $3.87 – $17.26 |
| Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) | Wichita | not published | $3.87 – $17.26 |