US Health Care Costs

Lung Transplant in Missouri

MS-DRG 007: Lung transplant

$618,478average hospital bill
$135,008average amount paid

One Missouri hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $618,478, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis14$618,478$135,008
$351,404Not in dollars (60 plans)

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.