CostGrade
A

92/100

#56 nationally

Salina Surgical Hospital

401 South Santa Fe Avenue, Salina, KS 67401 · (785) 827-0610

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Salina Surgical Hospital billed $2.37 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
2.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
24
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in KS
#2
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
Not rated
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 30.8/35

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 28.5/30

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.9/10

Better than 89% 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 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

614 $3,977 $1,989 -66%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

326 $30,063 $14,458 -62%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

157 $7,489 $2,961 -64%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

144 $2,976 $1,620 -75%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

120 $13,766 $4,418 -50%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

117 $4,132 $1,630 -64%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

105 $2,930 $1,372 -74%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

104 $21,007 $6,076 -47%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

85 $5,944 $2,673 -71%
Level 6 Urology and Related Services

APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $21,355 $7,865 -52%

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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit

$67,297 $18,633 -17%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$48,947 $15,878 -41%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,007 $6,076 -47%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,766 $4,418 -50%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,962 $3,471 -52%
Level 6 Urology and Related Services

APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,355 $7,865 -52%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,381 $4,462 -53%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,199 $1,739 -60%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,111 $1,938 -78%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,976 $1,620 -75%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,930 $1,372 -74%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,236 $2,721 -73%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,944 $2,673 -71%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,887 $4,844 -69%
Level 5 ENT Procedures

APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,868 $5,000 -68%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,653 $2,954 -67%

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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