Salina Surgical Hospital: charges and Medicare payments

Salina Surgical Hospital reported 357 Medicare inpatient stays across 2 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 2.08 times what it was paid — among the lower ratios in Kansas, number 33 of 36 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 3.35×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 470, Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC: 326 stays at an average charge of $30,063, 68% below the national average. It also billed 1,991 outpatient services, charging 3.24 times what Medicare paid.

1Medicare inpatient stays 357
2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 2.08×
3Rank in KS (highest ratio = 1) 33 of 36
4CMS price-transparency actions 0

Average charge per stay at Salina Surgical Hospital, its 10 most frequent DRGs, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Inpatient stays

For the 2 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Salina Surgical Hospital charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.

DRG	Stays	Avg charge	vs US	Avg paid
470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of...	326	$30,063	-68%	$14,458
483 Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper...	31	$39,279	-69%	$19,124

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures	614	$3,977	$1,989
Level 4 Urology and Related Services	157	$7,489	$2,961
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures	144	$2,976	$1,620
Level 5 Urology and Related Services	120	$13,766	$4,418
Level 1 Nerve Procedures	117	$4,132	$1,630
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures	105	$2,930	$1,372
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures	104	$21,007	$6,076
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures	85	$5,944	$2,673
Level 6 Urology and Related Services	74	$21,355	$7,865
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures	73	$11,381	$4,462
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures	69	$9,962	$3,471
Level 3 Urology and Related Services	66	$5,199	$1,739
Level 3 Vascular Procedures	61	$5,236	$2,721
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures	35	$3,111	$1,938
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services	32	$10,887	$4,843
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures	31	$11,673	$4,246
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures	21	$48,947	$15,878
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	20	$67,297	$18,633
Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures	18	$13,322	$5,567
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	15	$3,755	$1,384
Level 5 ENT Procedures	15	$10,868	$5,000
Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures	15	$7,653	$2,954

Against the Kansas average

For Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC (DRG 470), Salina Surgical Hospital charged $30,063 on average, 49% less than the Kansas average of $58,902, and was paid $14,458 against a state average of $14,067. For Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities (DRG 483), Salina Surgical Hospital charged $39,279 on average, 47% less than the Kansas average of $74,162, and was paid $19,124 against a state average of $18,153. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $3,977 was 62% below the state average of $10,535. For Level 4 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5374), its average charge of $7,489 was 65% below the state average of $21,253. For Level 2 Upper GI Procedures (outpatient APC 5302), its average charge of $2,976 was 72% below the state average of $10,803. For Level 5 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5375), its average charge of $13,766 was 53% below the state average of $29,140.

Price-transparency record

No action in CMS's price-transparency enforcement list (July 2026) matches this hospital's exact name, city and state. That can mean CMS has not reviewed it, or that it is listed under a different name.

Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.