Hospice Care in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, KS has 1 licensed hospice provider listed on ElderCareCosts.
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How hospice costs work in Kansas City
For people enrolled in the Medicare hospice benefit, covered hospice services are generally about $0 out of pocket: nursing, aides, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, and grief support. That is a benefit design fact, not a local price quote for Kansas City, KS.
- Room and board is separate. If your parent is in a nursing home or assisted living while on hospice, Medicare hospice does not pay the facility rent. The family, Medicaid, or long-term care insurance usually covers that.
- When families do pay: care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, private-duty extras the hospice does not cover, or hospice outside Medicare (rare private-pay arrangements). Always ask what is billed to whom.
- Official overview: Medicare.gov hospice care.
1 hospice provider in Kansas City
Also serving Kansas City
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Kansas City; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 12 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Kansas City count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Prairie Wind Hospice LLC
Hospice Care of Vna
Phoenix Home Care and Hospice
Monarch Hospice & Palliative Care
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care
Amedisys Hospice
Gentiva
Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care
Catholic Comm Hospice
Appl Orchard Hospice of Kansas INC
Enhabit Hospice
Harbor Hospice of Kansas LP
Ordered by distance from Kansas City, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card.
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Kansas City, in Wyandotte County, has about 155,135 residents. About 20,465 of them (13%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $62,401.
Source: US Census Bureau- Wyandotte-Leavenworth Area Agency on Aging(913) 573-8531wycokck.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
- Kansas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- Kansas State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services1-866-468-7887kdads.ks.gov
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinicva.gov
Primary Care Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Kansas City.
- Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly WaiverOfficial program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies.
National helplines, including the Eldercare Locator and 211, are listed on paying for care.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
We don't have enough local data for Kansas City, KS yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across Kansas → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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