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Kansas

Malpractice payment activity in 2025, ranked against the other 50 states and DC.

Payments per 1,000 physicians

5.82

13th of 51

Mean payment

$294,378

43rd of 51

5-year trend in the rate

-2.3%

27th of 51

2025 in numbers

Payment reports
45
Total paid
$13.2M
Mean payment
$294,378
Payments per 1,000 physicians
5.82
5-year change in the rate
-2.3%
Patient-care physicians (2023)
7,729

The physician count is the denominator under every rate above: non-federal M.D.s and D.O.s in patient care, from HRSA’s Area Health Resources File 2023 is the most recent year published, carried forward to 2025.

Noneconomic damages cap

Hostile (thunderstorm)

No enforceable med-mal cap; cap struck down in 2019.

Scored 0 of 22 on the bundled scorecard. Verify with counsel before relying on it — this is research, not legal advice.

History

Whether 2025 is part of a longer movement or a single-year blip. A hollow final point marks a year scaled from partial data.

Payments per 1,000 physicians
04711201720192021202320252026
Mean payment
0K184K369K553K201720192021202320252026

Payment data reflects historical payouts after a written claim or judgment — not a measure of medical quality, and not a prediction of any individual’s risk. Colors on the map are scaled within each year, so compare states within a year and use these numbers, not the colors, to compare a state against itself over time.