Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

12634 Olive Boulevard, Creve Coeur, MO 63141 · (314) 996-8000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$19.0Mnet income, all sources

6.3%margin on patient care alone

$5.1Mcost of charity care (2.1% of costs)

$5.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

100beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

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

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	45	$63,290	$18,672
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	43	$25,637	$6,052
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 468	36	$83,044	$21,712
Sepsis, with major complications 871	36	$43,101	$13,321
Heart failure, with major complications 291	34	$28,780	$9,174
Hip or knee replacement 470	31	$54,448	$14,167
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483	30	$69,675	$18,268
Urinary tract infection 690	29	$25,637	$6,515
Anemia and blood disorders 812	26	$23,191	$6,734
Sepsis 872	26	$28,475	$8,237
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 467	22	$102,530	$27,561
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	20	$28,747	$6,110
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	19	$27,526	$7,933
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	19	$27,074	$5,974
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 460	18	$114,487	$29,560
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 331	17	$49,226	$12,326
Bowel surgery, with major complications 329	16	$112,746	$33,361
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	14	$35,339	$13,300
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	13	$33,516	$9,869
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	13	$34,599	$9,697
Lung infection, with complications 178	12	$28,651	$7,380
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	12	$25,724	$7,636
Lung infection, with major complications 177	11	$36,957	$11,108
Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Cc 386	11	$26,422	$7,299
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 660	11	$40,757	$10,798
Kidney failure, with complications 683	11	$25,299	$6,512

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