US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc in Kansas

MS-DRG 388: Gastrointestinal obstruction with mcc

$55,852typical hospital bill
$10,922typical amount paid
$9,777–$24,211range paid across 5 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,852 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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 HospitalTopeka21$55,852$9,777
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission16$53,265$10,341
LmhLawrence13$35,304$10,922
Wesley Medical CenterWichita11$163,036$12,055
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City29$174,855$24,211

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.