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Widest spread in the state
The same mri brain with and without contrast runs $296 to $5,262 in Kansas
$296 Stormont Vail Health Flint Hillsmedian $1,782$5,262 Lindsborg Community Hospital
75 hospitals publish a rate for it. 18× between the cheapest and the dearest.
Biggest gap between two insurers, same hospital
At Menorah Medical Center, Anthem BCBS pays 14.9× what Cigna pays for the same ct pelvis with contrast
Cigna$243
Anthem BCBS$3,611
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
238%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 238% for the typical Kansas hospital.
Highest price over estimated cost
Independent & other hospitals are paid 1.7× what it is estimated to cost them to deliver care
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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