Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
State average
$21,618
gross charge · DRG 153
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$5,151 – $43,376
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $5,151 - 2
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $9,226Cash pay $6,458 - 3
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $11,872Cash pay $8,310 - 4
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $12,738Cash pay $11,464 - 5
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $16,336 - 6
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $16,336 - 7
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $16,385Cash pay $5,899 - 8
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $19,629Cash pay $13,740 - 9
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $43,376Cash pay $8,675 - 10Gross charge $43,376Cash pay $8,675
- 11
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $43,376Cash pay $8,675 - 12
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 13
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,055 - 14
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 15
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 16
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 17
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 18
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 19
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 20
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 21
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 23
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,046 - 24
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 32
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 33
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
11 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for ear & upper respiratory infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,151 to $43,376. The cheapest is Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $21,618.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 153 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.