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Metro area

Wichita, KS

CMS cut 1 of the 10 hospitals in Wichita, KS with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 10.0%, against 24.9% nationally.

Wichita, KS · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

1

Of 10 with a payment decision

2Share cut

10.0%

−14.9 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

41st of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

−0.4607

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

2

Of 10 scored (20%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

0

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$24K estimate
0.0% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $17–29K

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$1

The nation: $47

10% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 1 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 1 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Wichita, KS’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Wichita, KS: 1 cut of 10 with a payment decision.
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado: 0.9890 · cutNMC Health, Newton: −0.7685 · not cutAscension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc., Wichita: −0.0504 · not cutWesley Medical Center, Wichita: −0.5407 · not cutKansas Surgery & Recovery Center, Wichita: −0.8513 · not cutKansas Heart Hospital, Wichita: 0.3418 · not cutKansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC, Wichita: −1.3140 · not cutKansas Medical Center LLC, Andover: −0.3806 · not cutVia Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc, Wichita: 0.1808 · not cutRock Regional Hospital, LLC, Derby: −0.8695 · not cut Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado: 0.9890 · cutNMC Health, Newton: −0.7685 · not cutAscension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc., Wichita: −0.0504 · not cutWesley Medical Center, Wichita: −0.5407 · not cutKansas Surgery & Recovery Center, Wichita: −0.8513 · not cutKansas Heart Hospital, Wichita: 0.3418 · not cutKansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC, Wichita: −1.3140 · not cutKansas Medical Center LLC, Andover: −0.3806 · not cutVia Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc, Wichita: 0.1808 · not cutRock Regional Hospital, LLC, Derby: −0.8695 · not cut
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalCityTotal HAC ScorePayment reduction
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita−0.0504No
Kansas Heart HospitalWichita0.3418No
Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover−0.3806No
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLCWichita−1.3140No
Kansas Surgery & Recovery CenterWichita−0.8513No
NMC HealthNewton−0.7685No
Rock Regional Hospital, LLCDerby−0.8695No
Susan B Allen Memorial HospitalEl Dorado0.9890Yes
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita0.1808No
Wesley Medical CenterWichita−0.5407No

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 10.0% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.4607, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15%20% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 10% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 20% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 10% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 10% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 10% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 10% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 0% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 20% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 0% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 0% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 10% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15%20% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 10% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 20% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 10% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 10% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 10% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 10% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 0% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 20% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 0% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 0% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 10% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4040
−1.4−1.2117
−1.2−1.0051
−1.0−0.82126
−0.8−0.61204
−0.6−0.41290
−0.4−0.21357
−0.20.01407
0.00.20343
0.20.42333
0.40.60237
0.60.80173
0.81.00116
1.01.2191
1.21.4030
1.41.6021
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2013
2.22.4024

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on SSI (75% of its hospitals above the national median); best on PSI 90 (10%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 901010%
CLABSI633%
CAUTI633%
SSI475%
CDI1030%
MRSA250%

Wichita, KS across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Wichita, KS’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. Of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Wichita, KS has 1 hospital not cut, where a cut would have been about $128K.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, KS: score 0.3418; a cut would have been $128K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

Wichita, KS, year by year

Every hospital in Wichita, KS with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Wichita, KS’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. Wichita, KS’s share cut was above the nation’s in 3 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 4 of its 10 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 11.1% · 21.9%11.1% · 23.4%11.1% · 24.0%0.0% · 23.6%11.1% · 25.0%33.3% · 25.0%44.4% · 24.9%33.3% · 25.0%0.0% · 24.9%10.0% · 24.8%10.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 4 Never cut: 6 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 11.1% · 21.9%11.1% · 23.4%11.1% · 24.0%0.0% · 23.6%11.1% · 25.0%33.3% · 25.0%44.4% · 24.9%33.3% · 25.0%0.0% · 24.9%10.0% · 24.8%10.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 4 Never cut: 6

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY20159111.1%21.9%
FY20169111.1%23.4%
FY20179111.1%24.0%
FY2018900.0%23.6%
FY20199111.1%25.0%
FY20209333.3%25.0%
FY20219444.4%24.9%
FY20229333.3%25.0%
FY202300
FY20241000.0%24.9%
FY202510110.0%24.8%
FY202610110.0%24.9%

Every hospital in Wichita, KS

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Wichita, KS: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/48620/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.