Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$3.03 with Cigna vs $428.94 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 $3.03
Cigna LocalKC $3.66
Cigna Comm $4.55
United MOMGMCD $5.39
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $5.66
Home State Health Plan MCD $5.66
BCBS MCRPPO $5.93
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $5.93
BCBS MCRHMO $5.93
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.99
Humana PFFS $5.99
Humana MGMCRHMO $5.99
Humana MGMCRPPO $5.99
United VACCN $5.99
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99
Cigna HealthspringMGMCR $6.11
Wellcare MCR $6.11
Celtic MCR $6.11
United MGMCR $6.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $6.26
BCBS TRICARE $6.26
Pyramid Life MCR $6.41
Aetna IVLHIX $8.09
Aetna KCCarePlus $8.45
Oscar HIX $9.10
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $10.90
Aetna Local $11.32
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $12.63
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $12.63
BCBS BlueAccess $12.63
CorVel Corporation KSWC $12.95
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $13.29
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $13.49
Aetna National $13.90
Humana HMO $14.68
Humana PPO $14.68
Humana ASO $14.68
Humana POS $14.68
Humana EPO $14.68
Anthem MissouriCare MissouriCareMGMCD $69.70
Ambetter Commercial-Exchange $99.73
NHC Advantage MGMCD $101.87
NHC Advantage MGMCR $101.87
HealthyBlue MGMCD $107.23
WPPA ProviDrs Care Network UnifiedHealthPlan $107.23
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $123.32
United OptionsPPO $134.58
Aetna Better Health MCD $160.85
Universal Healthcare MCR $187.66
BCBS FreedomNetwork $214.47
BCBS PC $214.47
Coventry WCOMP $215.54
Aetna FHMedicalRental $215.54
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $219.83
College Park Family Care Center COMM $230.55
BCBS Traditional $241.28
BCBS Participating $241.28
United GlobalBenefitPlan $241.28
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $268.08
Aetna NATIONALNAP $273.45
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $284.17
CorVel Corporation MOWC $348.51
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $396.77
CCO, Inc. COMM $402.13
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $402.13
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $402.13
Evernorth (Cigna) Behavioral Health COMMBH $428.94

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth South Overland Park Overland Park $223.26 $2.52 – $17.37
Adventhealth Ottawa Ottawa $223.26 $2.52 – $37.75
Adventhealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission $223.26 $2.52 – $17.37
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Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita not published $5.99 – $24.24
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