If your furnace just quit, the first question after “how fast can someone get here” is “how much is this going to hurt.” Here’s a straight answer based on what Wichita-area repairs actually run.
Common Repair Price Ranges
Flame sensor cleaning or replacement: $80–$250. This is the single most common furnace failure — the sensor fouls, the furnace lights and shuts right back off. Often a cheap fix.
Hot surface igniter: $150–$350. The second most common failure. Igniters are wear items; most last 3–7 years.
Blower motor: $400–$800 depending on whether your system uses a standard PSC motor or a variable-speed ECM (the latter costs more but runs cheaper and quieter).
Control board: $350–$700. Boards fail from power surges, moisture, and age — Kansas thunderstorms take their share.
Inducer motor or pressure switch: $250–$600.
What Drives the Price
Three things: the part itself, access (a furnace crammed in a crawlspace takes longer than one standing in a garage), and timing. After-hours emergency service carries a dispatch premium at most companies — ours is quoted on the phone before anyone rolls, and the repair price itself doesn’t change day or night.
When Repair Stops Making Sense
Use the 50% rule: if the repair costs more than half of replacement AND the furnace is past about 12–15 years old, replacement usually wins. A cracked heat exchanger on an old unit is the classic example — it’s a safety issue, not just an expense, and it’s the one diagnosis where we’ll push hard toward replacement.
The Bottom Line
Most Wichita furnace repairs land between $150 and $600. Always get the price in writing before work starts — any reputable company will do that, and any that won’t is telling you something.