US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in Kansas

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$170,500typical hospital bill
$33,563typical amount paid
$27,868–$36,440range paid across 6 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $170,500 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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 HospitalTopeka22$125,956$27,868
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park16$238,448$30,873
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita43$139,682$32,752
Wesley Medical CenterWichita39$450,247$34,375
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina15$110,211$34,841
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City113$201,318$36,440

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.