Cheapest hospitals in Kansas City, MO without insurance
Of 7 hospitals in the Kansas City, MO area we can compare, Mish (Lenexa) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 74% below the Kansas median across 73 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mish Lenexa | 74% below | 73 of 73 | 0 of 73 |
| 2. St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City | 64% below | 246 of 300 | 50 of 300 |
| 3. Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park | 57% below | 184 of 217 | 21 of 217 |
| 4. NKC Health North Kansas City | 38% below | 155 of 199 | 41 of 199 |
| 5. Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City | 35% below | 236 of 293 | 53 of 293 |
| 6. AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission | 161% above | 1 of 289 | 250 of 289 |
| 7. AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park | 161% above | 1 of 289 | 250 of 289 |
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.