US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Kansas

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$51,880typical hospital bill
$12,590typical amount paid
$9,454–$17,892range paid across 17 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,880 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
AdventHealth South Overland Park, IncOverland Park12$43,625$9,454
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita19$33,848$9,776
Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park19$84,065$10,230
University of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka24$42,194$10,842
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe29$48,909$11,227
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka41$60,386$11,400
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission98$64,668$11,791
LmhLawrence28$45,033$12,540
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina19$40,987$12,590
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncHutchinson22$36,705$13,239
Wesley Medical CenterWichita69$155,165$13,339
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg, IncPittsburg11$30,978$13,409
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park30$81,460$13,780
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita56$51,880$13,795
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park34$124,270$14,522
Hays Medical CenterHays19$53,050$14,542
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City117$101,648$17,892

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.