DRG 788 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals

Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.

State average
$23,660
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$10,221 – $33,980
low to high
Lowest $10,221 Highest $33,980

13 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,221 to $33,980. The cheapest is Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville; the most expensive is Lmh in Lawrence. The state average sits at $23,660.

What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. 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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

For c-section in Kansas, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.

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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Community Memorial Healthcare

    Marysville, KS

    Gross charge $10,221
  2. 2

    Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)

    Emporia, KS

    Gross charge $13,295
    Cash pay $10,636
  3. 3
    Gross charge $13,381
    Cash pay $12,043
  4. 4
    Gross charge $13,480
    Cash pay $12,132
  5. 5

    William Newton Hospital

    Winfield, KS

    Gross charge $16,352
  6. 6

    Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)

    Salina, KS

    Gross charge $25,580
    Cash pay $17,906
  7. 7

    Hiawatha Community Hospital

    Hiawatha, KS

    Gross charge $26,653
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    Amberwell Atchison

    Atchison, KS

    Gross charge $26,653
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    Mcpherson Hospital

    Mcpherson, KS

    Gross charge $29,388
    Cash pay $21,747
  10. 10

    University of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, KS

    Gross charge $32,866
    Cash pay $6,573
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    Gross charge $32,866
    Cash pay $6,573
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    Gross charge $32,866
    Cash pay $6,573
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    Lmh

    Lawrence, KS

    Gross charge $33,980
    Cash pay $12,233
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    Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)

    Pittsburg, KS

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    Saint John Hospital

    Leavenworth, KS

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    Cash pay $7,697
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    Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Hays, KS

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    Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus

    Junction City, KS

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    Stormont Vail Hospital

    Topeka, KS

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    Wichita VA Medical Center

    Wichita, KS

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    Labette Health

    Parsons, KS

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    Ascension Via Christi St. Francis

    Wichita, KS

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    Wesley Medical Center

    Wichita, KS

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    Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc

    Manhattan, KS

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    Providence Medical Center

    Kansas City, KS

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    Cash pay $9,749
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    Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City

    Dodge City, KS

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    Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Overland Park, KS

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    Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa

    Wichita, KS

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