46/100
#1,385 nationally
Kearney Regional Medical Center
804 22Nd Avenue, Kearney, NE 68845 · (308) 455-3600
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kearney Regional Medical Center billed $5.63 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
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 71
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NE
- #22
- 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.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
251 | $38,155 | $2,804 | +51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $10,122 | $1,373 | about average |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $71,704 | $9,333 | +6% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $68,712 | $11,229 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $12,666 | $1,755 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $49,877 | $12,227 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $17,748 | $2,334 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $12,518 | $1,835 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $101,956 | $20,413 | -23% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $36,110 | $6,164 | -9% |
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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,155 | $2,804 | +51% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,767 | $5,619 | +41% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,942 | $4,286 | +40% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,634 | $1,664 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,061 | $2,981 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,166 | $1,571 | +29% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,064 | $2,419 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,005 | $4,925 | +13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$100,211 | $29,478 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,278 | $1,108 | -44% |
|
Transurethral Prostatectomy with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 713 · Inpatient stay |
$38,393 | $9,275 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,518 | $1,835 | -39% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$46,116 | $11,035 | -35% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$80,336 | $17,651 | -32% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$20,924 | $5,223 | -32% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$36,299 | $9,218 | -31% |
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.