Heart Failure Cost in Kansas — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with complications, the most common cardiology admission in the U.S.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for heart failure. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–6 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient cardiac monitoring
- IV diuretics and other heart-failure medications during admission
- Echocardiogram and other cardiac imaging
- Routine labs (BNP, electrolytes, kidney function)
Usually billed separately
- Cardiologist and hospitalist professional fees (billed separately)
- Outpatient cardiology follow-up after discharge
- Cardiac rehab program (if indicated)
- Long-term medications (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, SGLT2 inhibitors)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does heart failure 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:
Heart-Failure Mortality (30-day)
How often patients admitted for heart failure survive 30 days. The headline outcome.
Heart-Failure Readmissions
Heart failure is the most-readmitted condition in U.S. hospitals. Lower means better discharge planning and outpatient care coordination.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Clear discharge communication on weight monitoring, fluid limits, and medication timing prevents many readmissions.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For heart failure, 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.
- If you have advanced heart failure (low ejection fraction, prior hospitalizations), an advanced heart-failure program may be worth additional cost.
- If you're being considered for an LVAD or heart transplant, an academic medical center with a transplant program is typically the right setting.
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:
- Will any of my physicians (cardiologist, hospitalist) be out-of-network?
- What outpatient cardiology follow-up is scheduled? Is it in-network?
- Is there a heart-failure transitions-of-care program at this hospital?
Data notes for Kansas
- The lowest published charge ($1,984 at Holton Community Hospital) 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
Holton Community Hospital
Holton, KS
Gross charge $1,984Cash pay $1,488 - 2
Community Memorial Healthcare
Marysville, KS
Gross charge $8,591 - 3
Girard Medical Center
Girard, KS
Gross charge $8,796Cash pay $5,278 - 4
Clara Barton Medical Center
Hoisington, KS
Gross charge $9,338Cash pay $6,536 - 5
Rooks County Health Center
Plainville, KS
Gross charge $10,441Cash pay $7,831 - 6
Decatur Health
Monument, KS
Gross charge $12,423Cash pay $11,181 - 7
Great Plains of Sabetha
Sabetha, KS
Gross charge $13,149Cash pay $11,834 - 8
Meade District Hospital
Meade, KS
Gross charge $13,271 - 9
Scott County Hospital
Scott City, KS
Gross charge $13,342Cash pay $9,339 - 10
Mcpherson Hospital
Mcpherson, KS
Gross charge $13,660Cash pay $10,108 - 11
William Newton Hospital
Winfield, KS
Gross charge $13,697 - 12
Hiawatha Community Hospital
Hiawatha, KS
Gross charge $17,945 - 13
Amberwell Atchison
Atchison, KS
Gross charge $17,945 - 14
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Lindsborg, KS
Gross charge $17,977Cash pay $12,584 - 15
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, KS
Gross charge $18,853Cash pay $11,877 - 16
Memorial Hospital
Abilene, KS
Gross charge $26,255 - 17
Salina Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Salina, KS
Gross charge $26,831Cash pay $18,782 - 18
Logan County Hospital
Oakley, KS
Gross charge $39,260Cash pay $9,815 - 19
Lmh
Lawrence, KS
Gross charge $45,966Cash pay $16,548 - 20
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge $51,607Cash pay $10,321 - 21Gross charge $51,607Cash pay $10,321
- 22
Miami County Medical Center
Paola, KS
Gross charge $51,607Cash pay $10,321 - 23
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg (Acute Care)
Pittsburg, KS
Gross charge — - 24
Saint John Hospital
Leavenworth, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,327 - 25
Stormont Vail Health - Flint Hills Campus
Junction City, KS
Gross charge — - 26
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka, KS
Gross charge — - 27
Wichita VA Medical Center
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 28
Labette Health
Parsons, KS
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc
Manhattan, KS
Gross charge — - 31
Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,365 - 32
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City
Dodge City, KS
Gross charge — - 33
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
Leawood, KS
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa
Wichita, KS
Gross charge — - 35
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Lyons, KS
Gross charge — - 36
Wamego Health Center
Wamego, KS
Gross charge — - 37
Kingman Healthcare Center
Kingman, KS
Gross charge —
22 Kansas hospitals list a gross charge for heart failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,984 to $51,607. The cheapest is Holton Community Hospital in Holton; the most expensive is Miami County Medical Center in Paola. The state average sits at $22,025.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 292 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.