US Health Care Costs

Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc in Kansas

MS-DRG 432: Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with mcc

$97,685typical hospital bill
$16,465typical amount paid
$14,452–$20,614range paid across 4 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $97,685 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka15$55,352$14,452
Wesley Medical CenterWichita35$152,964$16,337
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita14$67,692$16,592
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City52$127,679$20,614

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.