US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Kansas

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$49,847typical hospital bill
$11,241typical amount paid
$9,627–$13,032range paid across 11 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,847 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe11$35,071$9,627
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka29$51,396$10,392
University of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka13$49,847$10,742
Providence Medical CenterKansas City11$48,408$10,817
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission11$58,412$11,048
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park12$104,144$11,241
Wesley Medical CenterWichita16$115,685$11,464
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncHutchinson11$30,412$11,705
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita25$42,981$12,159
Hays Medical CenterHays13$44,218$12,804
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City27$96,322$13,032

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.