Outpatient procedure · APC 8011

Comprehensive Observation Services

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,634 per procedure at 2,753 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,362 and $2,697.

Also known as: Observation stay

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,634
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,362–$2,697
Medicare’s share: $2,09079% of the payment
Average billed charge: $24,060
Hospitals reporting: 2,753815,315 procedures

Hospitals in Kansas

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Average payment across these 33 hospitals: $2,377National $2,634 · Kansas $2,377
Median hospital: $2,362
Lowest to highest: $2,230–$2,657
Medicare procedures: 7,920

33 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Comprehensive Observation Services by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Wesley Medical CenterWichita, KS · CCN 170123	175	$2,230	15% below the national average	$1,753	$53,374
Susan B Allen Memorial HospitalEl Dorado, KS · CCN 170017	64	$2,279	13% below the national average	$1,800	$10,928
Kansas Heart HospitalWichita, KS · CCN 170186	35	$2,284	13% below the national average	$1,805	$7,720
NMC HealthNewton, KS · CCN 170103	221	$2,285	13% below the national average	$1,808	$11,733
Rock Regional Hospital, LLCDerby, KS · CCN 170204	158	$2,287	13% below the national average	$1,815	$10,632
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita, KS · CCN 170200	303	$2,299	13% below the national average	$1,820	$17,332
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita, KS · CCN 170122	566	$2,314	12% below the national average	$1,835	$17,120
University Of Kansas HospitalKansas City, KS · CCN 170040	704	$2,317	12% below the national average	$1,833	$31,582
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, IncManhattan, KS · CCN 170142	236	$2,321	12% below the national average	$1,846	$17,563
Overland Park Regional Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · CCN 170176	261	$2,332	11% below the national average	$1,846	$48,850
Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills, LLCJunction City, KS · CCN 170074	43	$2,337	11% below the national average	$1,859	$15,108
Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover, KS · CCN 170197	87	$2,337	11% below the national average	$1,855	$6,448
University Of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka, KS · CCN 170016	211	$2,353	11% below the national average	$1,866	$13,681
University Of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe, KS · CCN 170049	837	$2,357	11% below the national average	$1,871	$17,643
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission, KS · CCN 170104	601	$2,357	11% below the national average	$1,870	$24,964
Sck HealthArkansas City, KS · CCN 170779	68	$2,359	10% below the national average	$1,890	$15,826
Miami County Medical CenterPaola, KS · CCN 170109	131	$2,362	10% below the national average	$1,875	$12,504
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · CCN 170182	289	$2,371	About average	$1,884	$36,124
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka, KS · CCN 170086	520	$2,372	About average	$1,886	$24,840
Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park, KS · CCN 170185	543	$2,373	About average	$1,887	$37,000
Mercy Hospital, IncMoundridge, KS · CCN 170780	34	$2,453	About average	$1,978	$5,928
Labette HealthParsons, KS · CCN 170120	136	$2,470	About average	$1,962	$11,204
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncHutchinson, KS · CCN 170020	377	$2,487	About average	$1,978	$17,005
Centura St. Catherine-Dodge CityDodge City, KS · CCN 170175	52	$2,503	About average	$1,994	$19,388
Pratt Regional Medical CenterPratt, KS · CCN 170027	46	$2,503	About average	$1,994	$10,851
Southwest Medical CenterLiberal, KS · CCN 170068	81	$2,503	About average	$1,994	$19,055
Mercy Hospital Pittsburg, IncPittsburg, KS · CCN 170006	132	$2,503	About average	$1,994	$13,212
University Of Kansas Health System Great Bend CampusGreat Bend, KS · CCN 170191	44	$2,503	About average	$1,993	$10,609
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina, KS · CCN 170012	394	$2,503	About average	$1,992	$13,857
Hays Medical CenterHays, KS · CCN 170013	240	$2,515	About average	$2,000	$19,286
LmhLawrence, KS · CCN 170137	155	$2,532	About average	$2,012	$20,680
AdventHealth OttawaOttawa, KS · CCN 170014	118	$2,560	About average	$2,038	$23,124
St. Catherine Hospital - Garden CityGarden City, KS · CCN 170023	58	$2,657	About average	$2,116	$16,386

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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Average billed charge

2020: 1,019,189 procedures at 2,860 hospitals · 2021: 965,877 procedures at 2,852 hospitals · 2022: 921,225 procedures at 2,850 hospitals · 2023: 863,129 procedures at 2,798 hospitals · 2024: 815,315 procedures at 2,753 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Comprehensive Observation Services
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,173	$19K
2021	$2,303	$20K
2022	$2,330	$22K
2023	$2,422	$23K
2024	$2,634	$24K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Comprehensive Observation Services, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,308	$1,285	$1,180–$1,485
Alabama	73	8,112	$2,241	$2,169–$2,264
Mississippi	52	11,311	$2,278	$2,235–$2,347
West Virginia	22	5,181	$2,285	$2,226–$2,367
Louisiana	64	14,412	$2,288	$2,259–$2,300
Tennessee	73	16,493	$2,299	$2,237–$2,337
Ohio	110	31,616	$2,317	$2,300–$2,380
Oklahoma	61	11,406	$2,348	$2,322–$2,440
Arkansas	40	11,142	$2,356	$2,302–$2,439
Kentucky	61	15,821	$2,359	$2,296–$2,442
South Carolina	50	15,082	$2,368	$2,308–$2,382
Kansas	33	7,920	$2,377	$2,321–$2,503
Iowa	31	7,279	$2,385	$2,330–$2,467
Missouri	63	15,191	$2,393	$2,335–$2,465
Michigan	81	23,451	$2,410	$2,364–$2,467
Georgia	92	21,579	$2,422	$2,298–$2,481
North Carolina	78	21,007	$2,426	$2,380–$2,450
Texas	233	58,602	$2,445	$2,375–$2,511
Nebraska	19	3,391	$2,450	$2,431–$2,480
Florida	166	77,597	$2,457	$2,443–$2,471
Maine	17	2,448	$2,457	$2,370–$2,519
Virginia	69	26,889	$2,459	$2,332–$2,524
Indiana	73	18,659	$2,464	$2,412–$2,485
New Mexico	22	4,083	$2,469	$2,369–$2,549
Utah	31	3,560	$2,478	$2,429–$2,452
Wisconsin	61	10,886	$2,497	$2,447–$2,538
Idaho	12	2,397	$2,548	$2,440–$2,614
Pennsylvania	122	33,705	$2,553	$2,415–$2,601
Illinois	113	39,922	$2,573	$2,522–$2,604
North Dakota	6	2,780	$2,590	$2,532–$2,653
Montana	10	3,213	$2,595	$2,543–$2,721
Colorado	48	13,460	$2,608	$2,586–$2,606
Minnesota	45	11,221	$2,627	$2,574–$2,716
New Hampshire	13	5,226	$2,637	$2,593–$2,699
South Dakota	11	2,485	$2,638	$2,559–$2,731
Arizona	54	22,819	$2,686	$2,639–$2,669
Delaware	6	4,912	$2,718	$2,698–$2,727
Wyoming	9	1,733	$2,722	$2,695–$2,745
Rhode Island	9	2,010	$2,752	$2,748–$2,778
District of Columbia	6	1,453	$2,758	$2,739–$2,795
Washington	45	8,931	$2,802	$2,728–$2,893
New Jersey	59	36,741	$2,897	$2,835–$3,029
Nevada	21	7,349	$2,900	$2,857–$2,915
Oregon	32	5,804	$2,901	$2,821–$2,873
Massachusetts	51	32,481	$2,920	$2,905–$2,928
Alaska	6	1,743	$2,936	$2,857–$2,998
New York	115	38,093	$2,983	$2,877–$3,083
Connecticut	26	15,665	$3,045	$3,022–$3,054
Hawaii	12	1,584	$3,127	$3,076–$3,276
California	242	75,162	$3,471	$3,347–$3,602

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.