Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
State average
$26,393
gross charge · DRG 187
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$8,048 – $47,590
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $8,048Cash pay $5,633 - 2
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $11,083Cash pay $6,650 - 3
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $13,020 - 4
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $18,024Cash pay $12,617 - 5
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $19,830Cash pay $12,493 - 6
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $24,761Cash pay $8,914 - 7
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $47,590Cash pay $9,518 - 8Gross charge $47,590Cash pay $9,518
- 9
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $47,590Cash pay $9,518 - 10
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 11
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,542 - 12
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 13
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 14
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 15
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 16
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 17
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 18
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 19
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 20
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 21
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,625 - 22
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 23
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
9 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lungs under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,048 to $47,590. The cheapest is Lindsborg Community Hospital in Lindsborg; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $26,393.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.