68/100
#711 nationally
Southwest Medical Center
315 West 15Th Street, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 624-1651
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southwest Medical Center billed $3.43 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $19,055 | $2,503 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $9,033 | $1,464 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $43,788 | $19,445 | -33% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $66,237 | $18,938 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $10,883 | $2,598 | -38% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $44,001 | $12,971 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $29,441 | $6,362 | -26% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $30,317 | $12,620 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $32,655 | $4,953 | -7% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $53,295 | $12,071 | +10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$53,295 | $12,071 | +10% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,055 | $2,503 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$44,001 | $12,971 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,655 | $4,953 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,234 | $1,765 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,033 | $1,464 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,096 | $2,914 | -11% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$66,237 | $18,938 | -17% |
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 |
$10,883 | $2,598 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,008 | $2,812 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$25,050 | $10,760 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$43,788 | $19,445 | -33% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$22,509 | $9,335 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$30,317 | $12,620 | -30% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$72,914 | $24,622 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,441 | $6,362 | -26% |
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.