Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at Adventhealth Shawnee Mission

9100 W 74Th Street, Shawnee Mission, KS · AdventHealth · · NPI 1023171634

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$429.84

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.

$429.84

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.

$20.90 with Unitedhealthcare vs $358.18 with Bcbs — 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
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $20.90 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo $49.34 ↓ -89%
Cigna Local Plus Pos $73.02 ↓ -83%
Sunflower State Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $75.48 ↓ -82%
Cigna Hmo $78.52 ↓ -82%
Bcbs Blue Select Plus Aca Hmo $78.94 ↓ -82%
Oscar Individual Plan Hmo $83.87 ↓ -80%
Bcbs Blue Select Plus Hmo $105.09 ↓ -76%
Bcbs Traditional Ppo $138.73 ↓ -68%
Centivo/Centrus Health All Commercial Plans $143.08 ↓ -67%
Bcbs Preferred Care Blue Ppo $144.06 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Blue Care Hmo $211.16 ↓ -51%
Bcbs Preferred Care Ppo $358.18 ↓ -17%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Kansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Ottawa Ottawa $429.84 $20.90 – $83.31
Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) Wamego $48.00 $21.00 – $108.00
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan $45.20 $21.00 – $138.35
Adventhealth South Overland Park Overland Park $429.84 $20.90 – $143.08
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita not published $49.41 – $226.46
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) Wichita not published $49.41 – $226.46
Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc. Wichita not published $49.41 – $226.46

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