US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in Missouri

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$43,287typical hospital bill
$12,149typical amount paid
$10,366–$13,933range paid across 2 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,287 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis11$26,809$10,366
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis26$59,765$13,933

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.