DRG 486 · Musculoskeletal

Knee Surgery for Infection Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals

An operation to treat an infected knee joint, often by washing out the joint or removing infected tissue. The stay includes the surgery and IV antibiotics.

State average
$54,052
gross charge · DRG 486
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$33,425 – $79,765
low to high
Lowest $33,425 Highest $79,765

8 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery for infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $33,425 to $79,765. The cheapest is Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center in Wichita; the most expensive is Lmh in Lawrence. The state average sits at $54,052.

What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 knee surgery for infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling knee surgery for infection in Kansas, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 knee surgery for infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 486 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $33,425
    Cash pay $33,258
  2. 2

    Hiawatha Community Hospital

    Hiawatha, KS

    Gross charge $33,474
  3. 3

    Amberwell Atchison

    Atchison, KS

    Gross charge $33,474
  4. 4

    University of Kansas Hospital

    Kansas City, KS

    Gross charge $60,779
    Cash pay $12,156
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    Gross charge $60,779
    Cash pay $12,156
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    Gross charge $60,779
    Cash pay $12,156
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    Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)

    Salina, KS

    Gross charge $69,941
    Cash pay $48,959
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    Lmh

    Lawrence, KS

    Gross charge $79,765
    Cash pay $28,715
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    Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)

    Pittsburg, KS

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    Saint John Hospital

    Leavenworth, KS

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    Cash pay $18,045
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    Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Hays, KS

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    Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus

    Junction City, KS

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    Stormont Vail Hospital

    Topeka, KS

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    Wichita VA Medical Center

    Wichita, KS

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    Labette Health

    Parsons, KS

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    Ascension Via Christi St. Francis

    Wichita, KS

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    Wesley Medical Center

    Wichita, KS

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    Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc

    Manhattan, KS

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    Providence Medical Center

    Kansas City, KS

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    Cash pay $20,479
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    Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City

    Dodge City, KS

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    Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Overland Park, KS

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    Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa

    Wichita, KS

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