US Health Care Costs

University of Ks Hlth System Great Bend Campus

514 Cleveland Street, Great Bend, KS 67530 · (620) 792-8830

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$39what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$9.9Mnet income, all sources
−16.4%margin on patient care alone
$3.0Mcost of charity care (4.4% of costs)
$1.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
29beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87149$38,178$19,992
Heart failure, with major complications 29145$32,635$13,136
Lung infection, with major complications 17721$41,514$16,706
Pneumonia, with major complications 19320$28,284$13,218
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48114$41,596$20,766
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$18,864$9,397
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