Ssm St Joseph Health Center

300 1st Capitol Dr, Saint Charles, MO 63301 · (636) 947-5000

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

The money

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$1.8Mnet income, all sources

−10.9%margin on patient care alone

$4.7Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)

$18.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

399beds

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
Psychoses 885	170	$33,515	$12,180
Heart failure, with major complications 291	92	$36,094	$9,927
Sepsis, with major complications 871	71	$53,613	$14,501
Lung infection, with major complications 177	38	$40,266	$12,341
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	33	$28,771	$8,021
Urinary tract infection 690	31	$21,638	$6,621
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	29	$34,969	$10,419
Respiratory failure 189	28	$40,239	$10,246
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	28	$25,944	$6,513
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	25	$22,033	$6,676
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	25	$38,387	$10,952
Kidney failure, with complications 683	24	$25,420	$7,226
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	23	$21,572	$6,295
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	22	$35,392	$9,927
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	20	$95,676	$32,194
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	17	$77,044	$20,582
COPD, with major complications 190	16	$31,038	$8,952
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	16	$66,820	$16,965
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	15	$43,683	$15,038
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	15	$14,876	$6,833
Sepsis 872	15	$22,507	$8,209
Delirium and other mental confusion 884	14	$30,199	$11,936
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	13	$45,364	$8,137
Heart catheterization 287	13	$35,624	$8,741
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	13	$65,424	$13,342
Heart stent 322	12	$66,069	$13,475
Back problems (no surgery) 552	12	$26,666	$7,621
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	12	$37,684	$8,756
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	11	$28,653	$6,653
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	11	$59,868	$15,221

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