DRG 786 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals

A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.

State average
$34,892
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$13,164 – $48,096
low to high
Lowest $13,164 Highest $48,096

9 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $13,164 to $48,096. The cheapest is Newman Regional Health (Critical Access) in Emporia; the most expensive is Lmh in Lawrence. The state average sits at $34,892.

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 786 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

    Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)

    Emporia, KS

    Gross charge $13,164
    Cash pay $10,531
  2. 2

    William Newton Hospital

    Winfield, KS

    Gross charge $18,906
  3. 3

    Hiawatha Community Hospital

    Hiawatha, KS

    Gross charge $29,906
  4. 4

    Amberwell Atchison

    Atchison, KS

    Gross charge $29,906
  5. 5

    Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)

    Salina, KS

    Gross charge $31,026
    Cash pay $21,719
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    University of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, KS

    Gross charge $47,674
    Cash pay $9,535
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    Gross charge $47,674
    Cash pay $9,535
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    Gross charge $47,674
    Cash pay $9,535
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    Lmh

    Lawrence, KS

    Gross charge $48,096
    Cash pay $17,314
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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 $13,748
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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 $16,024
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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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