US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders in Missouri

MS-DRG 392: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

$25,953typical hospital bill
$6,653typical amount paid
$4,968–$10,794range paid across 48 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,953 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 CenterColumbia31$19,292$4,968
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit60$59,722$5,445
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs16$38,048$5,445
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City23$28,040$5,446
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit48$67,804$5,567
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis130$26,004$5,660
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield98$22,089$5,700
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters38$22,595$5,714
Liberty HospitalLiberty42$23,362$5,732
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis70$19,000$5,866
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis44$20,627$5,879
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin26$38,057$6,013
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur43$25,637$6,052
Progress West HospitalOfallon29$33,820$6,087
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff28$71,126$6,132
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City22$19,161$6,167
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin31$25,633$6,223
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City39$24,756$6,254
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City99$35,077$6,317
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal18$25,376$6,356
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau33$21,364$6,379
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia14$22,956$6,474
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau23$43,518$6,621
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach22$29,403$6,652
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton30$21,729$6,654
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton30$21,654$6,668
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles25$22,033$6,676
Parkland Health CenterFarmington22$21,167$6,679
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield54$26,123$6,727
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis130$25,389$6,781
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence44$71,482$6,840
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston18$29,338$6,844
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington20$22,385$6,928
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson16$28,757$7,058
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla30$47,445$7,122
Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron18$22,939$7,125
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton17$22,347$7,337
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield67$29,072$7,601
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph72$25,482$7,661
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis36$29,290$7,731
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia45$29,897$8,413
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City23$49,654$8,722
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City40$72,116$9,201
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis52$22,290$9,276
Research Medical CenterKansas City21$86,617$9,660
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis15$25,903$10,444
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton11$69,120$10,702
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis84$36,875$10,794

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.