Saint Lukes North Hospital

5830 N W Barry Road, Kansas City, MO 64154 · (816) 891-6000

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

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$7.0Mnet income, all sources

−2.9%margin on patient care alone

$4.9Mcost of charity care (2.9% of costs)

$15.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

122beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 291	138	$61,920	$10,341
Sepsis, with major complications 871	69	$105,887	$14,006
Psychoses 885	68	$53,759	$11,486
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	40	$53,061	$8,078
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	37	$39,937	$5,980
Urinary tract infection 690	36	$45,656	$6,383
Lung infection, with major complications 177	33	$82,844	$11,547
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	32	$60,058	$8,705
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	31	$67,511	$9,899
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	25	$55,925	$7,345
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	24	$65,375	$10,618
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	23	$49,654	$8,722
Respiratory failure 189	21	$87,879	$8,757
COPD, with major complications 190	21	$57,722	$9,056
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	21	$89,064	$15,083
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	21	$54,769	$6,066
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	19	$57,129	$6,945
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	19	$76,806	$14,670
Pneumonia, with complications 194	18	$47,690	$6,417
Heart stent 322	18	$122,154	$17,573
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 897	18	$40,863	$6,651
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	16	$49,460	$6,819
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	16	$90,599	$10,872
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	15	$94,978	$16,601
Stroke, with major complications 064	14	$83,164	$13,027
Lung infection, with complications 178	14	$54,346	$7,413
Heart attack, with complications 281	14	$59,924	$6,871
Irregular heartbeat 310	14	$32,046	$5,284
Sepsis 872	14	$67,968	$7,779
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	13	$147,261	$21,339
Bowel surgery, with major complications 329	13	$184,946	$40,302
Diabetes, with major complications 637	13	$88,422	$11,789
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	13	$61,384	$12,732
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	13	$80,247	$13,449
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	13	$67,935	$7,640
Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc 202	12	$59,500	$7,291
Anemia and blood disorders 812	12	$63,671	$6,913
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	12	$177,843	$35,737
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	11	$85,352	$14,721
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	11	$84,435	$12,395

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