Repair elbow w/deb open at Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association)

711 Genn Dr, Wamego, KS · Ascension · · NPI 1588657928

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 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.

$645.63 with PROVIDRS CARE vs $6,157.79 with BCBS CAP — 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
PROVIDRS CARE 869_WHKS PROVIDRS CARE 20250701 $645.63
KANCARE UHC 859_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE KANCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $785.53
KANCARE HEALTHY BLUE 861_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE KANCARE HEALTHY BLUE 20250701 $816.95
KANCARE AETNA 856_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE KANCARE AETNA 20250701 $816.95
KANCARE SUNFLOWER 858_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE KANCARE SUNFLOWER 20250701 $816.95
KANCARE AMERIGROUP 857_MEDICAID ADVANTAGE KANCARE AMERIGROUP 20250701 $824.81
TRICARE 623_TRICARE OUTPATIENT 20230101 $2,306.77
BCBS CHOICE 847_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CHOICE WHKS 20250101 $5,849.90
BCBS CAP 848_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CAP WHKS 20250101 $6,157.79

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Repair elbow w/deb open at other Kansas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita not published $1,898.80 – $1,898.80
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan not published $645.63 – $5,077.67

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