Kansas / St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City
CMS certification 170175 · Dodge City, KS · 4 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City: charges and Medicare payments
St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City reported 95 Medicare inpatient stays across 3 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 3.04 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 54 stays at an average charge of $43,414, 52% below the national average. It also billed 322 outpatient services, charging 7.48 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 95
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 3.04×
- 3Rank in KS (highest ratio = 1) –
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 4
Inpatient stays
For the 3 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City charged more than the national average in 1 (33%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 54 | $43,414 | -52% | $17,019 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 29 | $39,719 | -30% | $11,516 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 12 | $60,643 | +5% | $11,386 |
Outpatient services
| Service (APC) | Services | Avg charge | Medicare allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 96 | $17,382 | $2,984 |
| Comprehensive Observation Services | 52 | $19,388 | $2,503 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 35 | $65,271 | $12,018 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 29 | $41,458 | $6,541 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 25 | $9,907 | $1,482 |
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 16 | $17,685 | $2,960 |
| Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 16 | $21,514 | $2,914 |
| Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 15 | $7,989 | $1,765 |
| Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 14 | $69,264 | $9,757 |
| Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 13 | $11,640 | $2,598 |
| Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | $92,965 | $15,606 |
Against the Kansas average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City charged $43,414 on average, 49% less than the Kansas average of $85,277, and was paid $17,019 against a state average of $15,541. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City charged $39,719 on average, 25% less than the Kansas average of $52,685, and was paid $11,516 against a state average of $10,293. For Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure (DRG 189), St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City charged $60,643 on average, 14% more than the Kansas average of $53,050, and was paid $11,386 against a state average of $10,004. For Level 1 Endovascular Procedures (outpatient APC 5191), its average charge of $17,382 was 29% below the state average of $24,538. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $19,388 was 14% below the state average of $22,571. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $65,271 was 23% above the state average of $53,168. For Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5114), its average charge of $41,458 was 27% above the state average of $32,564.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named St Catherine Hospital - Dodge City in Dodge City, KS, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Warning Notice — 2024-02-09 (CMS case 1561)
- CAP Request — 2024-05-14 (CMS case 1561)
- Closure Notice — 2024-06-13 (CMS case 1561)
- Met Requirements — 2025-06-09 (CMS case 4976)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
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.