Wichita County Health CenterLeoti, KS
Wichita County Health Center is a public critical access hospital in Leoti, Kansas, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 4 min in its emergency department, about the same as the Kansas average of 2 hr 3 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyWichita
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS20203
- Area Code620
Visiting Wichita County Health Center
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 4 minutes in the emergency department at Wichita County Health Center. That is about the same as the Kansas average of 2 hours 3 minutes.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Wichita County Health Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
Death rates within 30 days
| Patients treated for | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital-wide, all conditions | 3.7% | 3.9% |
Risk-adjusted rates. CMS has not published a statistical better/worse comparison for these death rates in the current release, so small differences from the U.S. rate may be chance.
"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted). Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Wichita County Health Center's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 282 patients. | 124 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 19 patients. | 188 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 535 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 142 patients. | 67% | 78% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 11 patients. | 73% | 93% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 61 patients. | 49% | 90%* |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Wichita County Health Center lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.wichitacountyhealthcenter.com/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 17, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Dec 2024
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Kansas hospital finances.
Who owns Wichita County Health Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Wichita County Health Center, a non-profit organization.
9 doctors and other clinicians list Wichita County Health Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Wichita County Health Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Wichita are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 14.
Mental health: Wichita is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Kansas earn a median $79,320 a year. Healthcare salaries in Kansas.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Kansas shortage areas
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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Leoti, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.