US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders in Missouri

MS-DRG 812: Red blood cell disorders without mcc

$33,976typical hospital bill
$7,234typical amount paid
$5,837–$22,604range paid across 22 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,976 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit27$64,032$5,837
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis21$23,826$6,666
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis23$33,238$6,719
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur26$23,191$6,734
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield27$33,816$6,800
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton12$25,369$6,804
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City12$63,671$6,913
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin18$34,137$7,082
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City16$32,818$7,095
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence17$82,811$7,102
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau12$29,865$7,158
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield17$40,021$7,310
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit12$61,433$7,425
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis35$35,129$7,882
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield19$42,131$7,945
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph29$26,133$8,895
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia49$35,697$9,351
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City17$64,932$9,406
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis35$33,638$9,598
Research Medical CenterKansas City18$87,962$10,866
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis105$32,412$11,391
Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City23$16,163$22,604

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.