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Kansas: one knee, three prices

What Medicare pays Kansas hospitals and surgery centers for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what hospitals list, and which cost the most and the least.

Surgery center
$8,659
Median Medicare knee rate, 20 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$11,329
Median Medicare allowed amount
Hospital, overnight
$14,458
Median avg total payment (incl. patient share), 21 hospitals

Kansas has no certificate-of-need law.

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Lowest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Kansas Surgery & Recovery CenterWichita$11,800$34,099$11,064
Summit Surgical, LLCHutchinson$11,810$37,487—
Manhattan Surgical Hospital LLCManhattan$12,001$54,584$11,166
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLCWichita$12,084$61,407$11,104
Kansas City Orthopaedic InstituteLeawood$12,155$55,861$11,216
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, IncManhattan$13,440$56,804$11,223
Providence Medical CenterKansas City$13,592$95,402$11,480
University of Kansas Hlth System St Francis CampusTopeka$13,701$75,474$11,155
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park$13,912$87,484$11,415
Adventhealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission$14,257$124,599$11,324

Highest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Pratt Regional Medical CenterPratt$19,571$37,593—
Southwest Medical CenterLiberal$18,938$66,237—
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City$16,164$122,904$11,435
Wesley Medical CenterWichita$16,097$214,912$11,148
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita$15,333$61,750$11,223
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka$15,106$67,304$11,340
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park$15,037$100,812$11,281
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg, IncPittsburg$15,027$43,303$12,018
LmhLawrence$14,846$63,017$12,246
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina$14,757$66,136$12,018

Every Kansas hospital (38)

Orthopedic surgery centers (20)

Questions

How much does Medicare pay for a knee replacement in Kansas?

In 2024 the median average total payment to Kansas hospitals was $14,458 per Medicare inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 21 hospitals; Medicare's payment plus the patient's share), and the median Medicare allowed amount was $11,329 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $8,659 for a knee.

Which Kansas hospitals have the lowest Medicare payment for a joint replacement?

Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center ($11,800), Summit Surgical, LLC ($11,810), Manhattan Surgical Hospital LLC ($12,001) (average total payment per inpatient stay, patient share included).

What do Kansas hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $63,017, about 4.4× the median average total payment for a Medicare stay.

Does Kansas have a certificate-of-need law?

Kansas has no certificate-of-need law. No certificate of need program; the state repealed its CON law in 1985.