F W Huston Medical Center
408 Delaware Street, Winchester, KS 66097 · 80 Priced Procedures
Typical commercial prices here are +60% above the fair benchmark (1.60×) even after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
F W Huston Medical Center prices routine shoppable procedures near 1.9× Medicare (p50 1.50×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 2.1× Medicare (p75 2.07×, +38% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 1.04× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 29% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (66/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (75.0% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 2.4× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (0.5×) & laboratory (0.8×) services average 1.11× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (1.9×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 2.07×) jump +38% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 1.50×)
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 6,016) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at F W Huston Medical Center
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 80 published procedures.
| Procedure & Billing Code | This Hospital | vs. Fair |
|---|---|---|
| MRI, lower back (no contrast) CPT Code: 72148 | $526 | 1.6× |
| MRI, brain (no contrast) CPT Code: 70551 | $526 | 1.5× |
| MRI, knee or other leg joint CPT Code: 73721 | $526 | 1.4× |
| Blood transfusion CPT Code: 36430 | $516 | 1.0× |
| MRI, brain (with and without contrast) CPT Code: 70553 | $526 | 1.0× |
| Ultrasound, thyroid and neck CPT Code: 76536 | $481 | 3.6× |
| CT scan, head (no contrast) CPT Code: 70450 | $458 | 2.9× |
| CT scan, pelvis CPT Code: 72192 | $458 | 2.8× |
| CT scan, sinuses CPT Code: 70486 | $458 | 2.8× |
| CT scan, chest (no contrast) CPT Code: 71250 | $458 | 2.7× |
| CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine) CPT Code: 72131 | $458 | 2.7× |
| CT scan, neck (cervical spine) CPT Code: 72125 | $458 | 2.7× |
| CT scan, head (with and without contrast) CPT Code: 70470 | $458 | 1.8× |
| Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) CPT Code: 93970 | $481 | 1.8× |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) CPT Code: 74176 | $458 | 1.5× |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) CPT Code: 74177 | $458 | 1.0× |
| X-ray, lower back CPT Code: 72110 | $248 | 2.2× |
| X-ray, hip CPT Code: 73502 | $173 | 1.9× |
| X-ray, neck (cervical spine) CPT Code: 72040 | $160 | 1.7× |
| X-ray, chest (two views) CPT Code: 71046 | $151 | 1.6× |
| X-ray, shoulder CPT Code: 73030 | $140 | 1.5× |
| X-ray, ankle CPT Code: 73610 | $139 | 1.5× |
| X-ray, hand CPT Code: 73130 | $137 | 1.5× |
| X-ray, foot CPT Code: 73630 | $135 | 1.5× |
| Ultrasound, abdomen (complete) CPT Code: 76700 | $152 | 1.1× |
Audit a Bill or Quote at F W Huston Medical Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $1,950
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (75.0% of gross = $1,950).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($2,080) Beats Your Bill
F W Huston Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $2,080 (vs. $526 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $338 Fair BaseRate ($244 Medicare)
Your bill ($2,600) is $2,262 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($338) and 10.7× the $244 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Hospital-Specific CMS HCRIS Benchmark (75.0% of gross charges)
Under 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5), a tax-exempt hospital organization may not bill FAP-eligible patients more than Amounts Generally Billed (AGB) to individuals with insurance covering emergency or medically necessary care. Derived from this facility’s reported CMS HCRIS cost-to-charge & insurer allowance filings. Verify your exact Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) determination directly with the billing office.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
2D regional comparison of commercial negotiated price index against CMS clinical quality composite for F W Huston Medical Center.
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.