US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications in Kansas

MS-DRG 699: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with cc

$49,437typical hospital bill
$8,177typical amount paid
$6,551–$10,172range paid across 7 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,437 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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 Park26$49,437$6,551
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park15$65,019$7,720
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka23$38,109$7,750
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission13$41,465$8,177
Wesley Medical CenterWichita39$88,282$8,973
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita15$36,810$9,134
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City74$62,543$10,172

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.