US Health Care Costs

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint Without Cc/Mcc in Kansas

MS-DRG 482: Hip and femur procedures except major joint without cc/mcc

$47,375typical hospital bill
$12,430typical amount paid
$11,016–$13,827range paid across 3 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,375 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, IncManhattan13$38,622$11,016
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka16$47,375$12,430
Wesley Medical CenterWichita25$159,439$13,827

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.