71/100
#607 nationally
Hays Medical Center
2220 Canterbury Drive, Hays, KS 67601 · (785) 623-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hays Medical Center billed $3.67 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 90
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #15
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
464 | $909 | $628 | -71% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
303 | $7,400 | $2,119 | -37% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $19,286 | $2,515 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
231 | $60,291 | $17,647 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $5,033 | $1,860 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
216 | $5,017 | $1,485 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $22,992 | $2,986 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $40,492 | $11,828 | -35% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $10,848 | $3,424 | -52% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $13,290 | $3,194 | -36% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$37,238 | $6,880 | +22% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$54,161 | $11,570 | +12% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$53,585 | $12,762 | +10% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$45,137 | $9,742 | +8% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$35,316 | $7,910 | +7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,286 | $2,515 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$70,488 | $15,776 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$51,029 | $13,178 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,004 | $2,611 | -77% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$909 | $628 | -71% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,033 | $1,860 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,906 | $1,748 | -58% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,305 | $6,289 | -58% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,838 | $5,050 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,848 | $3,424 | -52% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,339 | $2,777 | -51% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.