DRG 787 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals

Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.

State average
$28,439
gross charge · DRG 787
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$13,591 – $38,213
low to high
Lowest $13,591 Highest $38,213

11 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $13,591 to $38,213. The cheapest is Nemaha Valley Community Hospital doctor in Seneca; the most expensive is Lmh in Lawrence. The state average sits at $28,439.

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 787 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
    Gross charge $13,591
    Cash pay $12,232
  2. 2

    William Newton Hospital

    Winfield, KS

    Gross charge $14,728
  3. 3

    Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)

    Emporia, KS

    Gross charge $18,170
    Cash pay $14,536
  4. 4

    Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)

    Salina, KS

    Gross charge $27,015
    Cash pay $18,911
  5. 5

    Hiawatha Community Hospital

    Hiawatha, KS

    Gross charge $28,644
  6. 6

    Amberwell Atchison

    Atchison, KS

    Gross charge $28,644
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    Mcpherson Hospital

    Mcpherson, KS

    Gross charge $29,458
    Cash pay $21,799
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    University of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, KS

    Gross charge $38,120
    Cash pay $7,624
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    Gross charge $38,120
    Cash pay $7,624
  10. 10
    Gross charge $38,120
    Cash pay $7,624
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    Lmh

    Lawrence, KS

    Gross charge $38,213
    Cash pay $13,757
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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 $9,034
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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 $11,135
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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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