US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Kansas

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$51,920typical hospital bill
$7,653typical amount paid
$6,014–$10,222range paid across 10 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,920 for this stay in 2024, about 6.8 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
Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park14$53,254$6,014
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe16$34,730$6,469
University of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka11$28,924$6,700
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park14$62,934$7,527
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park29$51,510$7,643
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission14$52,329$7,663
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka23$30,517$8,055
Wesley Medical CenterWichita27$91,836$8,226
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita21$41,088$8,719
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City43$62,237$10,222

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.