US Health Care Costs

Other Heart Assist System Implant in Kansas

MS-DRG 215: Other heart assist system implant

$318,015average hospital bill
$80,064average amount paid

One Kansas hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $318,015, about 4.0 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita13$318,015$80,064

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.