74/100
#528 nationally
St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City
401 East Spruce, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 225-8400
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City billed $3.13 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 32
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% 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 |
127 | $51,149 | $22,859 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $7,375 | $1,557 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $13,839 | $3,094 | -28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $16,386 | $2,657 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $14,427 | $3,042 | -29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $66,226 | $12,756 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $22,987 | $5,402 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $15,756 | $3,168 | -38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $31,465 | $14,398 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $957 | $663 | -69% |
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 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,685 | $9,959 | +18% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$59,811 | $17,992 | +9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,226 | $12,756 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,019 | $1,555 | +5% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,819 | $3,384 | about average |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$86,551 | $28,103 | -14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,386 | $2,657 | -16% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$69,886 | $22,308 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$957 | $663 | -69% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$20,793 | $10,574 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,352 | $10,668 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,683 | $2,714 | -40% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,756 | $3,168 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,987 | $5,402 | -35% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$31,701 | $13,264 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,718 | $1,804 | -34% |
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.