US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Kansas

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$29,199typical hospital bill
$6,285typical amount paid
$4,764–$8,458range paid across 18 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,199 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover12$9,970$4,764
AdventHealth South Overland Park, IncOverland Park12$36,703$5,001
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita12$19,911$5,030
Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park92$50,642$5,233
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe58$26,696$5,405
University of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka30$26,234$5,800
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka85$34,843$5,924
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park40$49,317$6,122
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission67$36,374$6,254
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina25$30,621$6,317
LmhLawrence13$26,037$6,484
Nmc HealthNewton19$19,307$6,558
Miami County Medical CenterPaola11$25,876$6,740
Wesley Medical CenterWichita49$84,243$7,018
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park32$68,296$7,053
Hays Medical CenterHays11$27,777$7,106
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita37$27,606$7,507
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City63$54,048$8,458

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.