Major small and large bowel procedures, with CCMS-DRG 330General surgery

Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 5.0× price range across 24 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
$20,276
$22,367
$23,557
$24,509
$25,606
$35,124

The part you don’t feel

Saint Luke'S South Hospital $83,173vsHiawatha Community Hospital $16,667 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Saint Luke'S South Hospital
Hiawatha Community Hospital
$66,506you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Saint Luke'S South Hospital
Hiawatha Community Hospital
$13,301$53,205 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
Saint Luke'S South Hospital
Hiawatha Community Hospital
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $66,506 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Wesley Medical Center⚠ data flag$8,022$14,92354%1
Mcpherson Hospital⚠ data flag$8,343$16,20251%$23,3374
Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills⚠ data flag$9,352$16,20258%5
Hiawatha Community Hospital$16,667$16,202103%4
Morris County Hospital$16,780$16,202104%3
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital$17,012$16,202105%2
Stormont Vail Hospital$18,435$13,474137%5
Anderson County Hospital$19,260$16,202119%6
Amberwell Atchison$20,276$16,202125%4
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute$21,536$16,202133%8
Saint John Hospital$22,367$16,202138%13
Salina Regional Health Center$23,427$16,604141%$21,8432
Clara Barton Hospital$23,557$16,202145%1
Providence Medical Center$23,656$16,202146%14
Hays Medical Center$24,509$16,202151%1
Russell Regional Hospital$24,999$16,202154%1
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital$25,185$16,202155%1
Labette Health$25,606$16,202158%4
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City$29,389$16,202181%1
St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City$29,856$20,413146%1
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg$30,704$16,202190%$17,4594
Southwest Medical Center$30,857$16,202190%3
Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital$32,595$16,202201%1
Overland Park Reg Med Ctr$33,815$15,094224%5
Girard Medical Center$35,124$16,202217%1
Menorah Medical Center$41,095$12,664325%5
Saint Luke'S South Hospital$83,173$12,520664%$20,1381

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved August 21–22, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →