US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$46,752typical hospital bill
$11,302typical amount paid
$8,932–$30,520range paid across 23 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,752 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 CenterColumbia18$48,322$8,932
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City18$46,752$10,035
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis31$27,734$10,294
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff14$96,651$10,549
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City19$32,042$10,682
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin11$52,150$10,706
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin16$42,678$10,742
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield25$43,363$10,796
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton21$37,672$10,841
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington11$42,853$11,053
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield26$42,789$11,154
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit17$98,331$11,302
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis36$40,366$11,358
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis14$41,695$11,469
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence13$95,232$11,509
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis27$54,594$11,540
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City13$88,422$11,789
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis13$55,476$13,045
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph18$35,835$13,135
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia26$57,429$13,140
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis18$24,540$14,316
Research Medical CenterKansas City11$183,633$18,009
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis27$93,703$30,520

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.