Implant cochlear device at Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.
1151 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS · Ascension · · NPI 1083604789
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Cash price 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 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.
$4,558.72 with AETNA vs $25,988.44 with HUMANA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | 1369_AETNA RHKS 20241101 | $4,558.72 | — |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1466_UNITED HEALTH CARE STKS, VWKS 20250701 | $23,505.00 | — |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1465_UNITED HEALTH CARE RHKS 20250701 | $23,898.00 | — |
| HUMANA | 1486_HUMANA 20250101 | $25,988.44 | — |
| BCBS CAP | 1467_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CAP STKS, VWKS 20250701 | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS CHOICE | 1468_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CHOICE STKS, VWKS 20250701 | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | 1446_CIGNA RHKS 20250501 | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS VALUE BLUE | 1469_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD VALUE BLUE STKS, VWKS 20250701 | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | 1447_CIGNA STKS, VWKS 20250501 | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA LSA | 1412_AETNA LSA/NAP STKS, VWKS 20241101 | not published by hospital | — |
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Implant cochlear device at other Kansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) | Wamego | not published | $850.33 – $30,326.87 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc | Manhattan | not published | $850.33 – $30,326.87 |