US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in Kansas

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$221,294typical hospital bill
$36,296typical amount paid
$30,404–$50,499range paid across 4 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $221,294 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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 HospitalTopeka16$121,454$30,404
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission12$288,892$35,094
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita18$153,696$37,499
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City53$305,438$50,499

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.