US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$32,572typical hospital bill
$7,359typical amount paid
$5,662–$11,983range paid across 24 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,572 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia15$23,296$5,662
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit24$57,481$5,825
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield15$21,418$6,017
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis21$21,754$6,485
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis25$20,124$6,669
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff13$76,080$6,777
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis27$30,168$6,790
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City18$27,321$6,934
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin16$26,779$6,978
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City27$37,625$6,990
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield22$39,041$7,187
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal12$24,194$7,302
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit15$47,715$7,416
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis36$23,554$7,485
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla11$33,354$8,212
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph21$27,668$8,311
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis33$31,790$8,427
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield36$34,431$8,573
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia58$34,109$9,418
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City12$62,468$9,490
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis16$29,155$10,433
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence16$78,421$11,450
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis18$34,596$11,837
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis25$40,748$11,983

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.