CostGrade
A

90/100

#85 nationally

Kansas Heart Hospital

3601 North Webb Road, Wichita, KS 67226 · (316) 630-5000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kansas Heart Hospital billed $2.92 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
2.9x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
34
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in KS
#4
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
4/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 29.2/35

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.7/25

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 28.5/30

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.1/10

Better than 92% 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 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

426 $9,632 $2,762 -62%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

212 $33,060 $9,307 -51%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

145 $29,850 $9,017 -42%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

115 $8,440 $2,721 -56%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay

105 $13,140 $7,198 -75%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

88 $16,133 $4,880 -53%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

80 $55,112 $14,382 -42%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

59 $19,342 $8,096 -55%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

54 $20,388 $7,253 -46%
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)

MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay

44 $46,370 $11,474 -54%

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
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit

$61,250 $16,600 -36%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$89,852 $28,005 -40%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,850 $9,017 -42%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$76,757 $20,227 -42%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

$55,112 $14,382 -42%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay

$41,366 $11,546 -46%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,388 $7,253 -46%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,060 $9,307 -51%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Extracranial Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay

$13,499 $10,122 -80%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay

$26,141 $16,112 -77%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay

$13,140 $7,198 -75%
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay

$18,631 $11,488 -74%
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications

MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay

$81,574 $41,075 -73%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 254 · Inpatient stay

$20,555 $10,971 -73%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

$25,654 $13,250 -71%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,842 $4,692 -70%

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.
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