Respiratory Infection Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
An infection or inflammation deep in the lungs, such as aspiration pneumonia or a lung abscess. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics, oxygen if needed, and monitoring of breathing.
State average
$23,305
gross charge · DRG 179
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$3,445 – $79,438
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($3,445 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 $3,445Cash pay $2,067 - 2
Wilson Medical Center
Neodesha, KS
Gross charge $4,804Cash pay $3,603 - 3
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $7,931Cash pay $5,551 - 4
Phillips County Hospital
Phillipsburg, KS
Gross charge $8,213Cash pay $6,981 - 5
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $8,249Cash pay $7,424 - 6
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $8,650Cash pay $6,055 - 7
Great Plains of Sabetha
Sabetha, KS
Gross charge $10,358Cash pay $9,322 - 8
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $11,768 - 9
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $12,278 - 10
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $12,278 - 11
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $13,717Cash pay $10,287 - 12
Scott County Hospital
Scott City, KS
Gross charge $15,182Cash pay $10,627 - 13
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $17,330 - 14
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $20,933 - 15
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $26,045Cash pay $9,376 - 16
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $79,438Cash pay $15,888 - 17Gross charge $79,438Cash pay $15,888
- 18
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $79,438Cash pay $15,888 - 19
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 20
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,549 - 21
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 23
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,558 - 31
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 32
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 33
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 34
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 36
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 37
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 38
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 39
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 40
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
18 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for respiratory infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,445 to $79,438. The cheapest is Girard Medical Center in Girard; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $23,305.
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 179 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.