5/100
#2,526 nationally
Wesley Medical Center
550 N Hillside Street, Wichita, KS 67214 · (316) 962-2000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wesley Medical Center billed $12.47 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
- 12.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 211
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #38
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% 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 |
850 | $197,967 | $15,719 | +203% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
240 | $60,020 | $4,418 | +119% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
213 | $406,783 | $35,519 | +129% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $64,911 | $3,445 | +214% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $71,555 | $2,755 | +184% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
187 | $24,761 | $1,585 | +111% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
175 | $53,374 | $2,230 | +175% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
167 | $112,185 | $10,650 | +158% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
150 | $148,739 | $12,806 | +142% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $119,030 | $4,899 | +239% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,801 | $583 | +436% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$132,321 | $9,115 | +244% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,333 | $2,749 | +239% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$119,030 | $4,899 | +239% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$612,270 | $34,066 | +234% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 565 · Inpatient stay |
$139,522 | $9,275 | +231% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,376 | $4,462 | +227% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$193,486 | $16,743 | +223% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay |
$100,572 | $11,002 | +30% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$177,912 | $24,671 | +31% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
MS-DRG 918 · Inpatient stay |
$47,188 | $7,367 | +33% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$180,340 | $19,794 | +36% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$59,166 | $7,922 | +43% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay |
$223,055 | $24,028 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,260 | $1,367 | +55% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$149,790 | $16,600 | +57% |
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.