Providence Medical Center

8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66112 · (913) 596-4000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - ChurchEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$6.4Mnet income, all sources

5.0%margin on patient care alone

$382,147cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)

$35.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

176beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

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

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	171	$54,177	$13,680
Lung infection, with major complications 177	60	$48,378	$11,926
Heart attack, with major complications 280	59	$42,839	$11,548
Heart failure, with major complications 291	50	$38,028	$9,803
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	31	$29,346	$9,750
Respiratory failure 189	27	$29,792	$9,381
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	27	$35,324	$10,921
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	24	$52,194	$15,292
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	20	$120,507	$19,964
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	20	$50,102	$11,911
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	20	$38,274	$9,685
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	19	$162,932	$31,420
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	15	$23,963	$6,464
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	14	$42,670	$10,076
Hip or knee replacement 470	14	$95,402	$13,592
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	14	$33,024	$6,370
Stroke, with major complications 064	12	$54,652	$13,491
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	12	$25,636	$9,868
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 811	12	$42,603	$10,496
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 208	11	$103,983	$18,953
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 480	11	$103,764	$21,646
Diabetes, with major complications 637	11	$48,408	$10,817
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	11	$31,854	$9,307

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