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Widest spread in the state
The same sleep study (polysomnography) runs $633 to $9,500 in Kansas
$633 Stormont Vail Health Flint Hillsmedian $2,928$9,500 Overland Park Reg Med Ctr
15× between the cheapest and the dearest of the 44 hospitals with at least 5 published plan rates for it; the explorer also shows thinner cells, so its range can run wider.
Biggest gap between two insurers, same hospital
At Menorah Medical Center, Aetna pays 19.0× what Cigna pays for the same ct pelvis with contrast
Same building, same procedure, same code. The difference is which card is in your wallet.
Furthest above the Medicare benchmark
Hiawatha Community Hospital is paid 5.9× the Medicare rate across everything it prices
100%Medicare
240%state median
593%this hospital
Medicare’s payment is hospital-specific and roughly pegged to the cost of care. The median across this hospital’s 21 procedures is 593% of it, against a Kansas median of 240%.
Highest price over estimated cost
University of Kansas Health System hospitals are paid 2.9× what it is estimated to cost them to deliver care
University of Kansas Health System2.9×
Stormont Vail1.9×
Independent & other1.7×
Mercy1.6×
Cost estimated from each hospital’s own federal cost report (HCRIS) — the same filings state regulators use. Estimates, not accounting truth.
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