Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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HC RBC AB ID W ABSORPTION EA
Garden City, KS
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Commonspirit Kansas, Inc.’s median price of $68 is 10% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 43% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 16 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo/pos/hmo/epo fee schedule · outpatient | $28.91 | $28.91 | $28.91 – $28.91 |
| 2 | Aetna managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 3 | Bcbs Ks managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 4 | Cigna managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 5 | Humana managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 6 | Kaiser managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 7 | Medicare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $59.06 | $59.06 | $59.06 – $59.06 |
| 9 | Bcbs Ks commercial ppo/hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $64.32 | $64.32 | $64.32 – $64.32 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo/pos/hmo/epo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $72.26 | $72.26 | $72.26 – $72.26 |
| 11 | Aetna commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $98.24 | $98.24 | $98.24 – $98.24 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $98.24 | $98.24 | $98.24 – $98.24 |
| 13 | MultiPlan commercial primary percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $105.06 | $105.06 | $105.06 – $105.06 |
| 14 | MultiPlan commercial primary percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $105.06 | $105.06 | $105.06 – $105.06 |
| 15 | MultiPlan commercial complementary percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $108.56 | $108.56 | $108.56 – $108.56 |
| 16 | MultiPlan commercial complementary percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $108.56 | $108.56 | $108.56 – $108.56 |
Last updated: Feb 5, 2026
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