63/100
#861 nationally
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc
14800 West Teresa St, Wichita, KS 67235 · (316) 268-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc billed $4.28 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 29
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #20
- 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 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% 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 |
303 | $17,332 | $2,299 | -11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $43,749 | $12,020 | -33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $35,641 | $8,157 | -18% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $32,888 | $8,219 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $25,036 | $4,926 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $37,444 | $10,156 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $27,323 | $6,854 | -30% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $40,242 | $9,421 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $14,167 | $2,763 | -30% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $25,851 | $5,717 | -22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$34,790 | $5,207 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,568 | $2,954 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,332 | $2,299 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,078 | $2,426 | -15% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$26,754 | $5,256 | -17% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$35,641 | $8,157 | -18% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$24,868 | $5,537 | -18% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,851 | $5,717 | -22% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,416 | $1,624 | -54% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$92,162 | $30,037 | -48% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$48,374 | $12,584 | -44% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,302 | $11,223 | -43% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$33,848 | $9,776 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$29,515 | $7,744 | -39% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$30,274 | $8,208 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,922 | $6,108 | -37% |
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.