US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in Kansas

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$55,016typical hospital bill
$10,087typical amount paid
$8,659–$11,458range paid across 3 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,016 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission11$53,277$8,659
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka11$55,016$10,087
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City16$68,787$11,458

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.