Respiratory Symptoms Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for breathing-related symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, or wheezing when the exact cause is still being determined. Care usually involves monitoring, oxygen if needed, and tests like chest imaging and breathing studies.
State average
$18,848
gross charge · DRG 204
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$2,489 – $44,593
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($2,489 at Rooks County Health 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
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $2,489Cash pay $1,867 - 2
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $3,617 - 3
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $6,478Cash pay $3,887 - 4
Great Plains of Sabetha
Sabetha, KS
Gross charge $6,587Cash pay $5,929 - 5
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $7,627Cash pay $5,339 - 6
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $9,162Cash pay $8,245 - 7
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $15,388Cash pay $9,695 - 8
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $16,197Cash pay $5,831 - 9
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $18,508Cash pay $13,696 - 10
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $25,186Cash pay $17,630 - 11
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $44,593Cash pay $8,919 - 12Gross charge $44,593Cash pay $8,919
- 13
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $44,593Cash pay $8,919 - 14
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 15
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,900 - 16
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge — - 17
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 18
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 19
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 20
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 21
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 22
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 23
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 25
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,922 - 26
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 32
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 33
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 34
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 35
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
13 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for respiratory symptoms under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,489 to $44,593. The cheapest is Rooks County Health Center in Plainville; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $18,848.
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 symptoms 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 symptoms 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 symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 204 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.