Respiratory Infection Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with major comorbidities, including severe bronchitis and lung infections.
State average
$33,929
gross charge · DRG 177
Hospitals
26
with published pricing
Price range
$2,865 – $114,563
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($2,865 at Girard Medical Center) 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
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $2,865Cash pay $1,719 - 2
Great Plains of Sabetha
Sabetha, KS
Gross charge $5,592Cash pay $5,033 - 3
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $5,645Cash pay $4,234 - 4
Phillips County Hospital
Phillipsburg, KS
Gross charge $8,626Cash pay $7,332 - 5
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $8,970 - 6
Wilson Medical Center
Neodesha, KS
Gross charge $13,372Cash pay $10,029 - 7
Scott County Hospital
Scott City, KS
Gross charge $15,182Cash pay $10,627 - 8
Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)
Emporia, KS
Gross charge $15,911Cash pay $12,729 - 9
Meade District Hospital
Meade, KS
Gross charge $16,211 - 10
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $20,155Cash pay $14,109 - 11
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $20,382Cash pay $15,083Medicare pays (avg) $13,890 - 12
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $20,758 - 13
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $22,268Cash pay $15,587 - 14
Saint Luke's South Hospital
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge $23,581Cash pay $14,149Medicare pays (avg) $9,451 - 15
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett, KS
Gross charge $23,581Cash pay $14,149 - 16
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $25,936 - 17
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $25,936 - 18
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital doctor
Seneca, KS
Gross charge $27,789Cash pay $25,010 - 19
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $28,211Cash pay $17,773 - 20
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $35,961Cash pay $25,173Medicare pays (avg) $11,137 - 21
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $37,961 - 22
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $60,478Cash pay $21,772Medicare pays (avg) $10,741 - 23
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $100,737Cash pay $20,147Medicare pays (avg) $13,362 - 24Gross charge $100,737Cash pay $20,147Medicare pays (avg) $9,269
- 25
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $100,737Cash pay $20,147 - 26
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $114,563Cash pay $103,107 - 27
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,478 - 28
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,754Medicare pays (avg) $8,855 - 29
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,866 - 30
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 32
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,557 - 33
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 34
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,991 - 35
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,322 - 36
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,604 - 37
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,507 - 38
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 39
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,942 - 40
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 41
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,546 - 43
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 44
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 45
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 46
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 47
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
26 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for respiratory infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,865 to $114,563. The cheapest is Girard Medical Center in Girard; the most expensive is Decatur Health in Oberlin. The state average sits at $33,929.
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 respiratory infection 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 respiratory infection 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 respiratory infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 177 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.