Cellulitis Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$17,756
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$4,589 – $41,496
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($4,589 at Decatur Health) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $4,589Cash pay $4,130 - 2
Holton Community Hospital
Holton, KS
Gross charge $6,351Cash pay $4,763 - 3
Meade District Hospital
Meade, KS
Gross charge $7,400 - 4
Phillips County Hospital
Phillipsburg, KS
Gross charge $7,756Cash pay $6,593 - 5
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $8,688 - 6
Wilson Medical Center
Neodesha, KS
Gross charge $8,794Cash pay $6,596 - 7
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $9,170Cash pay $5,502 - 8
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $11,816Cash pay $8,271 - 9
Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)
Emporia, KS
Gross charge $11,998Cash pay $9,598 - 10
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital doctor
Seneca, KS
Gross charge $14,657Cash pay $13,191 - 11
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $15,184 - 12
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $15,184 - 13
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $15,382 - 14
Saint Luke's South Hospital
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge $15,793Cash pay $9,476Medicare pays (avg) $4,316 - 15
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett, KS
Gross charge $15,793Cash pay $9,476 - 16
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $16,030Cash pay $12,022 - 17
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $16,537Cash pay $11,576 - 18
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $17,157Cash pay $12,696 - 19
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $24,070Cash pay $16,849 - 20
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $24,120 - 21
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $24,248Cash pay $8,729Medicare pays (avg) $5,224 - 22
Logan County Hospital
Oakley, KS
Gross charge $28,682Cash pay $7,171 - 23
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $41,496Cash pay $8,299Medicare pays (avg) $6,217 - 24Gross charge $41,496Cash pay $8,299Medicare pays (avg) $4,414
- 25
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $41,496Cash pay $8,299 - 26
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,494 - 28
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,322 - 32
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 33
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,367 - 35
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,736 - 36
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 37
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,538 - 38
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 39
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,293 - 40
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 41
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,211 - 43
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 44
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 45
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 46
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 47
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
25 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,589 to $41,496. The cheapest is Decatur Health in Oberlin; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $17,756.
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 cellulitis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cellulitis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 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.