US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Kansas

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$36,205typical hospital bill
$7,425typical amount paid
$5,875–$10,574range paid across 19 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,205 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita20$27,755$5,875
Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover17$12,125$6,128
Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park38$61,747$6,334
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe43$32,505$6,570
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, IncManhattan13$22,842$6,750
University of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka32$40,941$6,887
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka88$33,512$7,050
Nmc HealthNewton25$21,207$7,260
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission51$49,615$7,352
LmhLawrence35$37,543$7,425
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park24$61,261$7,459
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina22$32,775$7,640
Wesley Medical CenterWichita65$100,534$8,462
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park22$78,515$8,663
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncHutchinson25$36,205$8,727
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita56$40,750$8,761
Hays Medical CenterHays40$29,496$9,525
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City89$70,945$9,821
St. Catherine Hospital - Garden CityGarden City13$20,793$10,574

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.