2220 Canterbury Drive, Hays, KS, 67601 · (785) 623-5000
Beds
111
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$254.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$2.7M
Patient care margin -9.6%
Discharges
4,340
Occupancy 51.2%
Clinicians
353
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $254.9M | $279.4M | -9.6% | $2.7M | 4,340 | $3.3M | 57.6% | 2.5% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 6.5% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 10.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $235.3M | $259.6M | -10.3% | $207K | 4,210 | $2.5M | 56.5% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | $215.1M | $241.6M | -12.3% | -$5.6M | 4,036 | $3.6M | 56.3% | 3.1% |
| 2022 | $206.6M | $235.1M | -13.8% | -$71.5M | 4,316 | $2.6M | 55.0% | 2.2% |
| 2021 | $202.7M | $212.5M | -4.8% | $36.8M | 5,148 | $4.7M | 57.7% | - |
| 2020 | $182.6M | $199.4M | -9.2% | $346K | 4,758 | $6.5M | 57.3% | 1.8% |
| 12.9% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 10.3% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.24 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 1.06 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.94 | US median 0.48 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.82 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 78% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 60% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 69% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 112 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 15% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 65% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 91% | US median 79% |
| 72 |
| $44,035.50 |
| $10,471.64 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 55 | $55,426.38 | $16,698.04 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 55 | $51,028.71 | $12,051.56 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 46 | $35,316.28 | $6,153.98 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 45 | $50,758.27 | $13,866.31 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 42 | $43,953.52 | $12,950.64 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 40 | $29,496.28 | $7,057.55 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 40 | $54,160.75 | $10,347.08 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 40 | $77,802.33 | $26,945.08 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 39 | $149,828.56 | $45,858.23 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 35 | $45,136.51 | $8,437.03 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 35 | $28,440.91 | $5,301.17 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 33 | $36,580.45 | $7,487.52 | $7,681.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 464 | 336 | $497.28 | $502.15 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 303 | 176 | $1,681.21 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 240 | 228 | $1,999.99 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 220 | 200 | $1,478.36 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 216 | 190 | $1,179.88 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 182 | 181 | $2,137.53 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 165 | 160 | $2,724.98 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 165 | 161 | $10,195.65 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 163 | 137 | $2,543.24 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 129 | 122 | $3,729.43 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 113 | 102 | $1,370.03 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 112 | 111 | $4,181.28 | $4,357.80 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Hays Medical Center is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Hays, KS with 111 beds, part of Hays Medical Center and a 3-star overall rating.
Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS has 111 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 206 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,340 inpatients that year, with 51.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Hays Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $254.9M and operating expenses of $279.4M, a margin on patient care of -9.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was $2.7M (0.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Hays Medical Center is part of Hays Medical Center, a health system with 2 hospitals based in Hays, KS. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Hays Medical Center has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 0 death rate measures are better and 1 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Hays Medical Center provides emergency services.
353 Medicare clinicians list Hays Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, Hays Medical Center had 1,509 Medicare inpatient stays in 52 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 231 stays; Medicare paid $16,423.64 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.