Viral Illness Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.
State average
$21,442
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$1,901 – $50,565
low to high
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($1,901 at Community Memorial Healthcare) 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
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $1,901 - 2
Great Plains of Sabetha
Sabetha, KS
Gross charge $5,642Cash pay $5,078 - 3
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $9,567 - 4
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $9,567 - 5
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $10,487Cash pay $6,607 - 6
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $11,619 - 7
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $12,036Cash pay $8,425 - 8
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $13,689 - 9
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $18,504Cash pay $12,953 - 10
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $34,040Cash pay $12,254 - 11
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $50,565Cash pay $10,113Medicare pays (avg) $7,448 - 12Gross charge $50,565Cash pay $10,113
- 13
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $50,565Cash pay $10,113 - 14
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 15
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,528 - 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 $9,573 - 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 viral illness under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,901 to $50,565. The cheapest is Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $21,442.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 866 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.