US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Kansas

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$65,877typical hospital bill
$12,779typical amount paid
$10,724–$23,303range paid across 16 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $65,877 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park16$92,206$10,724
University of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka19$50,675$11,150
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe19$50,789$11,345
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission28$69,964$11,895
Providence Medical CenterKansas City20$50,102$11,911
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park17$103,437$11,967
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka49$61,789$11,994
Nmc HealthNewton11$54,303$12,361
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park22$101,695$13,197
LmhLawrence33$52,042$13,577
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina13$35,726$13,666
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncHutchinson12$41,057$14,376
Wesley Medical CenterWichita61$189,705$14,484
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita45$72,003$15,746
Hays Medical CenterHays18$70,488$15,776
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City71$147,459$23,303

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.