52/100
#1,208 nationally
Stormont Vail Hospital
1500 Sw 10Th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66604 · (785) 354-6121
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Stormont Vail Hospital billed $4.92 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 188
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #28
- 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 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% 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 |
645 | $64,792 | $13,735 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
632 | $48,350 | $11,340 | -23% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
520 | $24,840 | $2,372 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
262 | $121,294 | $20,545 | -9% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
256 | $79,659 | $21,938 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
237 | $45,527 | $9,114 | +5% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
236 | $27,625 | $6,082 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
236 | $23,324 | $2,824 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $17,295 | $2,765 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
229 | $9,752 | $1,406 | -3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$51,537 | $5,815 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,326 | $4,924 | +37% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$32,955 | $4,362 | +31% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$46,041 | $6,171 | +28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,840 | $2,372 | +28% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications
MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay |
$387,460 | $71,277 | +26% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,523 | $9,423 | +20% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$35,969 | $6,420 | +18% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,627 | $4,799 | -62% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$16,330 | $9,594 | -55% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,109 | $4,958 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,866 | $8,795 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,030 | $1,459 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,390 | $1,656 | -46% |
|
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor
APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,325 | $25,312 | -45% |
|
Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 040 · Inpatient stay |
$106,208 | $25,064 | -43% |
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.