42/100
#1,533 nationally
Providence Medical Center
8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66112 · (913) 596-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Providence Medical Center billed $4.58 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 35
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #30
- 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 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
171 | $54,177 | $13,680 | -17% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $48,378 | $11,926 | -12% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $42,839 | $11,548 | -30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $38,028 | $9,803 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $7,684 | $1,686 | -32% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $29,346 | $9,750 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $29,792 | $9,381 | -38% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $35,324 | $10,921 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $76,543 | $7,419 | +102% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $52,194 | $15,292 | -41% |
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 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,543 | $7,419 | +102% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,339 | $11,480 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,326 | $9,320 | +52% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,347 | $5,795 | +26% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,073 | $2,481 | +25% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$95,402 | $13,592 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,347 | $1,404 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,729 | $2,784 | +14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$25,636 | $9,868 | -46% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$52,194 | $15,292 | -41% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$29,346 | $9,750 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$29,792 | $9,381 | -38% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$35,324 | $10,921 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,684 | $1,686 | -32% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$42,839 | $11,548 | -30% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$50,102 | $11,911 | -30% |
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.