US Health Care Costs

Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

2505 Mission Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109 · (573) 681-3000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$24.4Mnet income, all sources
−21.6%margin on patient care alone
$3.3Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)
$10.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
154beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871102$43,999$13,124
Psychoses 88561$25,060$10,087
Pneumonia, with major complications 19346$33,931$9,239
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$26,876$9,284
Kidney failure, with complications 68330$19,553$6,965
Lung infection, with major complications 17728$35,099$11,245
Urinary tract infection 69025$20,555$6,143
Stomach and digestive disorders 39222$19,161$6,167
Respiratory failure 18920$28,484$9,177
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94820$19,345$6,276
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37818$27,075$7,345
Heart stent 32216$57,728$13,051
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45516$109,720$30,774
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$29,664$10,248
Sepsis 87216$25,560$7,339
Pneumonia, with complications 19415$21,225$6,286
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$27,776$8,787
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$87,075$30,467
COPD, with major complications 19013$27,337$8,123
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$39,772$10,367
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$18,373$5,869
Fainting 31213$28,176$6,934
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45413$128,988$42,487
Back problems (no surgery) 55213$21,287$7,233
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$13,999$6,700
Lung infection, with complications 17812$23,129$7,399

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