Sepsis Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$34,507
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$4,450 – $102,370
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($4,450 at Decatur Health) 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
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $4,450Cash pay $4,005 - 2
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $9,138Cash pay $5,483 - 3
Phillips County Hospital
Phillipsburg, KS
Gross charge $9,327Cash pay $7,928 - 4
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $11,339 - 5
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $15,553Cash pay $11,665 - 6
Saint Luke's South Hospital
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge $16,438Cash pay $9,863Medicare pays (avg) $11,196 - 7
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett, KS
Gross charge $16,438Cash pay $9,863 - 8
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital doctor
Seneca, KS
Gross charge $16,555Cash pay $14,900 - 9
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $18,287Cash pay $12,801 - 10
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $19,091Cash pay $13,364 - 11
Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)
Emporia, KS
Gross charge $24,381Cash pay $19,505 - 12
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $25,149 - 13
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $27,373 - 14
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $27,373 - 15
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $29,162Cash pay $18,372Medicare pays (avg) $9,256 - 16
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $29,738 - 17
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $37,600Cash pay $27,824Medicare pays (avg) $16,472 - 18
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $50,242Cash pay $35,169Medicare pays (avg) $13,857 - 19
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $64,401Cash pay $23,184Medicare pays (avg) $13,061 - 20
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $102,370Cash pay $20,474Medicare pays (avg) $14,385 - 21Gross charge $102,370Cash pay $20,474Medicare pays (avg) $11,667
- 22
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $102,370Cash pay $20,474Medicare pays (avg) $12,602 - 23
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,563 - 24
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,694Medicare pays (avg) $9,779 - 25
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,424 - 26
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,135 - 27
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,863 - 28
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,220 - 29
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,221 - 31
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,195 - 32
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,070 - 33
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,352 - 34
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,078Medicare pays (avg) $12,164 - 35
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,690 - 36
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,477 - 37
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 38
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,480 - 40
Holton Community Hospital
Holton, KS
Gross charge — - 41
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 42
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 43
Pawnee Valley Community Hospital
Larned, KS
Gross charge — - 44
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge — - 45
Norton County Hospital
Norton, KS
Gross charge —
22 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,450 to $102,370. The cheapest is Decatur Health in Oberlin; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $34,507.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.