Back Problems Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$57,118
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$6,363 – $93,324
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $6,363Cash pay $5,726 - 2
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $18,977 - 3
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $26,736Cash pay $19,785 - 4
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $51,432Cash pay $36,003 - 5
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $73,463Cash pay $26,447 - 6
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $93,324Cash pay $18,665Medicare pays (avg) $12,317 - 7Gross charge $93,324Cash pay $18,665
- 8
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $93,324Cash pay $18,665 - 9
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 10
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,518 - 11
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 12
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 13
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 14
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,387 - 15
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 16
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 17
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,650 - 18
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,806 - 19
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 20
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,822 - 21
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 23
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
8 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for back problems under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,363 to $93,324. The cheapest is Decatur Health in Oberlin; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $57,118.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems in Kansas, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Kansas hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.