US Health Care Costs

Nervous System Neoplasms with Mcc in Kansas

MS-DRG 054: Nervous system neoplasms with mcc

$74,120typical hospital bill
$13,656typical amount paid
$10,012–$15,661range paid across 4 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,120 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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 HospitalTopeka12$65,854$10,012
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita25$53,842$12,414
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City50$82,387$14,899
Wesley Medical CenterWichita22$191,986$15,661

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.