US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 982: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with cc

$85,428typical hospital bill
$20,012typical amount paid
$19,287–$22,220range paid across 4 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $85,428 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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 HospitalTopeka11$87,907$19,287
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita13$82,950$19,987
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City21$121,585$20,037
Hays Medical CenterHays11$79,534$22,220

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.