US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Kansas

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$63,748typical hospital bill
$6,698typical amount paid
$5,854–$7,553range paid across 5 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,748 for this stay in 2024, about 9.5 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
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission17$45,669$5,854
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park14$87,901$6,151
Wesley Medical CenterWichita21$107,518$6,698
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita11$28,166$6,979
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City13$63,748$7,553

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.