Contrast x-ray of knee joint at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.)
929 N St Francis Street Wichita KS 67214|3600 E Harry St, Wichita, KS · Ascension · · NPI 1154314789
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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.
$245.98 with COVENTRY CITY OF WICHITA vs $924.78 with UNITED HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE — 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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| COVENTRY CITY OF WICHITA | 318_STKS, VWKS COVENTRY CITY OF WICHITA 20181001 | $245.98 | — |
| VIA CHRISTI RESEARCH | 1006_VIA CHRISTI RESEARCH OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $330.28 | — |
| VC HOPE | 1502_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE VC HOPE INPATIENT 20251001 | $330.28 | — |
| VIA CHRISTI RESEARCH | 1495_VIA CHRISTI RESEARCH INPATIENT 20251001 | $330.28 | — |
| VA | 1492_VETERANS INPATIENT 20251001 | $330.28 | — |
| SAINT LUKES HEALTH SYSTEMS | 1005_SAINT LUKE HEALTH SYSTEM OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $330.28 | — |
| DEFAULT - 100 PERCENT OF MEDICARE RATES | 1490_DEFAULT - 100 PERCENT OF MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $330.28 | — |
| DEFAULT - 100 PERCENT OF MEDICARE RATES | 1016_DEFAULT - 100 PERCENT OF MEDICARE OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $330.28 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE COVENTRY | 1339_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE COVENTRY OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $330.28 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA | 1340_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $330.28 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA | 1505_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT VWKS 20251001 | $330.28 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OTHER | 1341_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OTHER OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $330.28 | — |
| VC HOPE | 1342_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE VC HOPE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $330.28 | — |
| SAINT LUKES HEALTH SYSTEMS | 1493_SAINT LUKES HEALTH SYSTEM INPATIENT 20251001 | $330.28 | — |
| VA | 1015_VETERANS OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $330.28 | — |
| AARP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1336_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $333.58 | — |
| AARP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1507_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP INPATIENT 20251001 | $333.58 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OTHER | 1506_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OTHER INPATIENT VWKS 20251001 | $333.58 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE COVENTRY | 1504_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE COVENTRY INPATIENT VWKS 20251001 | $333.58 | — |
| ALLWELL MEDICARE | 1337_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ALLWELL OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $336.89 | — |
| ALLWELL MEDICARE | 1497_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ALLWELL INPATIENT 20251001 | $336.89 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD | 1338_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $336.89 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD | 1498_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INPATIENT 20251001 | $336.89 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC | 1344_STKS, VWKS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $336.89 | — |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC | 1508_STKS, VWKS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $336.89 | — |
| AETNA: CITY OF WICHITA | 643_AETNA CITY OF WICHITA STKS, VWKS 20200415 | $349.65 | — |
| CORIZON | 1494_CORIZON INPATIENT STKS, VWKS 20251001 | $412.85 | — |
| CORIZON | 1004_CORIZON OUTPATIENT STKS, VWKS 20230101 | $412.85 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1489_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $462.39 | — |
| SMARTHEALTH | 1083_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $462.39 | — |
| AMBETTER SUNFLOWER | 1491_AMBETTER SUNFLOWER INPATIENT 20251001 | $561.48 | — |
| AMBETTER SUNFLOWER | 1003_AMBETTER SUNFLOWER OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $561.48 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE | 1477_STKS, VWKS UNITED HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $924.78 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE | 1519_STKS, VWKS UNITED HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $924.78 | — |
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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Kansas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. | Wichita | not published | $83.74 – $924.78 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc. | Wichita | not published | $245.98 – $924.78 |
| Mercy Hospital Pittsburg | Pittsburg | $962.00 | $66.90 – $1,815.97 |
| Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) | Wamego | not published | $24.39 – $298.67 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc | Manhattan | not published | $24.39 – $924.78 |