US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Trauma with Cc in Kansas

MS-DRG 184: Major chest trauma with cc

$92,214typical hospital bill
$8,755typical amount paid
$7,898–$10,464range paid across 4 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,214 for this stay in 2024, about 10.5 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
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka13$50,331$7,898
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park13$112,350$8,423
Wesley Medical CenterWichita17$137,582$9,086
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City20$72,078$10,464

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.