Premature Newborn Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$15,861
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$4,105 – $43,740
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($4,105 at William Newton Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $4,105 - 2
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $4,316Cash pay $3,194 - 3
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $4,446 - 4
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $4,446 - 5
Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)
Emporia, KS
Gross charge $5,749Cash pay $4,599 - 6
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $14,660Cash pay $2,932 - 7Gross charge $14,660Cash pay $2,932
- 8
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $14,660Cash pay $2,932 - 9
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $21,254Cash pay $14,878 - 10
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $42,435Cash pay $15,277 - 11
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $43,740Cash pay $32,805 - 12
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 13
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,843 - 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
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,380 - 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 —
11 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for premature newborn under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,105 to $43,740. The cheapest is William Newton Hospital in Winfield; the most expensive is Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. The state average sits at $15,861.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Kansas, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 792 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.