St Joseph Medical Center

1000 Carondelet Dr, Kansas City, MO 64114 · (816) 942-4400

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$13.6Mnet income, all sources

−10.5%margin on patient care alone

$94,586cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)

$29.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

233beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	190	$86,293	$12,159
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 274	64	$179,597	$20,630
Heart failure, with major complications 291	61	$57,277	$8,377
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	46	$47,715	$9,862
Lung infection, with major complications 177	42	$70,756	$10,174
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	38	$28,968	$8,167
Respiratory failure 189	32	$55,925	$7,967
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	31	$29,505	$7,328
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	30	$139,489	$28,845
Heart attack, with major complications 280	29	$56,026	$10,171
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	26	$46,011	$10,402
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	24	$53,825	$10,357
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	24	$32,421	$4,974
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	23	$28,040	$5,446
Kidney failure, with complications 683	20	$35,086	$5,673
Urinary tract infection 690	20	$27,947	$5,194
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	18	$71,401	$11,089
Stroke, with major complications 064	17	$62,746	$12,323
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483	17	$132,261	$16,044
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	16	$128,456	$18,465
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	15	$40,235	$6,174
Sepsis 872	15	$39,809	$6,449
High blood pressure 305	14	$29,112	$4,872
Chest pain 313	14	$27,243	$4,650
Back problems (no surgery) 552	14	$41,562	$6,223
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	14	$30,976	$5,529
Cellulitis with Mcc 602	13	$55,715	$9,237
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	13	$353,033	$50,863
Irregular heartbeat 310	12	$26,321	$3,573
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	12	$31,505	$8,234
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	11	$32,136	$4,764

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