Headache Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$33,879
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$8,025 – $55,701
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $8,025Cash pay $7,222 - 2
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $8,932Cash pay $6,253 - 3
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $24,396Cash pay $17,077 - 4
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $28,698Cash pay $10,331 - 5
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $55,701Cash pay $11,140Medicare pays (avg) $5,393 - 6Gross charge $55,701Cash pay $11,140
- 7
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $55,701Cash pay $11,140 - 8
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 9
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,233 - 10
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 11
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 12
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 13
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 14
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 15
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 16
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 17
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,205 - 18
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 19
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,268 - 20
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 21
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 23
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
7 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for headache under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,025 to $55,701. The cheapest is Decatur Health in Oberlin; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $33,879.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.