Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$44,501
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$10,565 – $94,241
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $10,565Cash pay $7,395 - 2
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $15,523Cash pay $10,866 - 3
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $17,348Cash pay $10,929 - 4
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $25,250Cash pay $17,675 - 5
Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)
Emporia, KS
Gross charge $27,415Cash pay $21,932 - 6
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $32,468Cash pay $11,688 - 7
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $33,718 - 8
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $94,241Cash pay $18,848Medicare pays (avg) $12,061 - 9Gross charge $94,241Cash pay $18,848
- 10
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $94,241Cash pay $18,848 - 11
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 12
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,443 - 13
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,393 - 14
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 15
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 16
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 17
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 18
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 19
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 20
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,682 - 21
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,707 - 23
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 32
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
10 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lung under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,565 to $94,241. The cheapest is Lindsborg Community Hospital in Lindsborg; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $44,501.
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 lung 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 lung 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 lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.