Tx l/r atrial fib addl 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.
$1,594.06 with AETNA vs $18,113.00 with SMARTHEALTH — 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 | $1,594.06 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1083_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $18,113.00 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1293_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20241001 | $18,113.00 | — |
| CIGNA | 1447_CIGNA STKS, VWKS 20250501 | not published by hospital | — |
| 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 | — |
| BCBS VALUE BLUE | 1469_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD VALUE BLUE STKS, VWKS 20250701 | not published by hospital | — |
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Tx l/r atrial fib addl at other Kansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospital Pittsburg | Pittsburg | $8,259.55 | $262.90 – $1,905.45 |
| Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) | Wamego | not published | $262.90 – $2,245.29 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc | Manhattan | not published | $262.90 – $1,851.45 |