Sepsis Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) without major complications.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for sepsis. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 5–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and sepsis workup
- Inpatient room and continuous monitoring
- IV antibiotics and fluids (often broad-spectrum until culture results return)
- Blood cultures, lactate, and serial labs
- Source-control procedures if needed (drainage, etc.)
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist, infectious-disease, and any specialty consultant fees
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Home health for any IV antibiotic continuation
- Long-term rehab if sepsis caused weakness
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does sepsis best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Sepsis Care Bundle (SEP-1)
The headline sepsis metric — measures how often hospitals deliver evidence-based sepsis care within strict time windows (antibiotics, fluids, repeat lactate).
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle
For the sickest sepsis patients, faster bundle completion saves lives.
Hospital-wide Mortality
Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death. A hospital with strong overall mortality numbers is usually doing the right things for sepsis.
C. diff Infection Ratio
Sepsis treatment requires broad-spectrum antibiotics, which raises C. diff risk. Hospitals with low SIR control this better.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For sepsis, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Sepsis admissions aren't shoppable in real time — the nearest hospital is typically the right call during an acute episode. This page is more useful for chronic-condition planning or evaluating where care was delivered.
- For elderly patients or those with chronic disease, the hospital with the best SEP-1 compliance score may be worth additional travel time when distances are comparable.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During acute illness: skip this list and call 911. Sepsis worsens by the hour.
- After discharge: what outpatient antibiotic continuation is needed? Is it covered?
- Is post-sepsis rehab or follow-up recommended? Where will it happen?
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($3,849 at Wilson 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
Wilson Medical Center
Neodesha, KS
Gross charge $3,849Cash pay $2,887 - 2
Great Plains of Sabetha
Sabetha, KS
Gross charge $5,418Cash pay $4,876 - 3
Phillips County Hospital
Phillipsburg, KS
Gross charge $7,630Cash pay $6,486 - 4
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $7,965 - 5
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $12,211Cash pay $7,693 - 6
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $12,369Cash pay $9,277 - 7
Decatur Health
Oberlin, KS
Gross charge $12,769Cash pay $11,492 - 8
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital doctor
Seneca, KS
Gross charge $13,064Cash pay $11,758 - 9
Newman Regional Health (Critical Access)
Emporia, KS
Gross charge $14,079Cash pay $11,263 - 10
Saint Luke's South Hospital
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge $16,909Cash pay $10,145Medicare pays (avg) $4,877 - 11
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett, KS
Gross charge $16,909Cash pay $10,145 - 12
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $16,948 - 13
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $16,948 - 14
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $17,638Cash pay $10,583 - 15
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $18,480Cash pay $12,936 - 16
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $19,595 - 17
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $20,935Cash pay $14,654 - 18
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $23,707 - 19
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $26,175Cash pay $18,322Medicare pays (avg) $6,625 - 20
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $30,188Cash pay $22,339 - 21
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $32,850Cash pay $11,826Medicare pays (avg) $6,266 - 22
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $50,795Cash pay $10,159Medicare pays (avg) $7,271 - 23Gross charge $50,795Cash pay $10,159Medicare pays (avg) $5,633
- 24
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $50,795Cash pay $10,159 - 25
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,968 - 26
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,772 - 27
Hays Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hays, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,488 - 28
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital
El Dorado, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,639 - 31
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 32
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,214 - 34
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,662 - 35
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,016 - 36
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,863 - 37
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 38
Menorah Medical Center (Acute Care)
Overland Park, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,010 - 39
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 40
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,014 - 42
Holton Community Hospital
Holton, KS
Gross charge — - 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 —
24 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,849 to $50,795. The cheapest is Wilson Medical Center in Neodesha; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $20,792.
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 872 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.